Abstract: A device for dispensing one or more active agents, the device including: a housing (112) having an opening; at least one active agent (118) located within the housing; a driving means (124) located within, or at the closed end of the housing, including an expandable material; and one or more permeable fluid conveying passage(s) adapted to convey fluid from outside the housing to the driving means.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 1997
Date of Patent:
November 9, 1999
Assignee:
Controlled Release Technologies Pty Ltd
Inventors:
Michael Cardamone, Herbert William Bentley