Device, system and methods for the oral delivery of therapeutic compounds

US8734429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rani Therapeutics, LLC · US

Inventors

• Mir Imran · Los Altos Hills, US
• Peter Herrmann · Mannheim, DE
• Baber Syed · Palo Alto, US
• Timothy H. Williams · Palo Alto, US
• Chang Jin Ong · Fremont, US
• Greg Method · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2013
• Grant date: May 27, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2210/1042
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.