Apparatus and method to deliver a microchip

US8353917B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PharmaSeq, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Wlodek Mandecki · Edison, US
• Hanan Davidowitz · Princeton, US
• Maryann Gruda · Yardley, US
• Edward Kuspiel · Princeton, US
• Joseph Nolfo · Princeton, US
• Ziye Qian · Sparta, US
• Gary H. Reitnauer · Quakertown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 23, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B90/90
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided are methods and apparatus including an injector system adapted for injecting a microchip comprising: an inserter comprising a rod or tube having a proximal and distal end and having a point at the distal end that defines a skin-piercing side of the inserter; a means for engaging the microchip near the distal end of the inserter, but removed in the proximal direction from the distal tip of the inserter, which means prevents rotation of an engaged microchip in two or three axes of rotation; and means for releasing the microchip from the inserter once the inserter has been inserted into a perforatable substrate.