Abstract: A system for administering a medicament includes a plurality of capsules, a capsule dispenser, and a capsule activator. Each of the capsules includes a reservoir containing a medicament and an outlet in communication with the reservoir through which the medicament exits the capsule. The capsule dispenser releasably contains the ingestible capsules and is adapted to dispense the capsules to a user in accordance with a predetermined schedule. The capsule activator activates the dispensed capsules prior to administration to the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 2013
Date of Patent:
March 20, 2018
Assignee:
Stoco 10 GmbH
Inventors:
Ventzeslav Petrov Iordanov, Hans Zou, Christoph Wanke, Klaas Kerkhop, Jeffrey A. Shimizu
Abstract: A medicament delivery device, which comprises a driving mechanism and a housing (1) having a reservoir (2), which is at least partly filled with a substance and which is sealed at least on one side with a flexible wall (21). The driving mechanism is adapted to press a piston (23) against the flexible wall (21) thereby releasing the substance from the reservoir (2) through an opening (25) in the reservoir (2). This provides for a safe and reliable medicament delivery device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 6, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2018
Assignee:
STOCO 10 GMBH
Inventors:
Johan Frederik Dijksman, Frits Tobi De Jongh, Michel Gerardus Pardoel, Anke Pierik, Judith Margreet Rensen, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Remus Albu, Ventzeslav Iordanov, Hans Marc Bert Boeve
Abstract: An ingestible capsule (10) is provided for delivery of a drug, the capsule (10) comprises a first module (11) and a second module (12). The first module (11) has at least one drug compartment (13) for comprising an amount of the drug. The drug compartment (13) is sealed by a foil (14) with an embedded conducting heating wire (15). The second (12) module comprises electronics (18) for providing an electrical pulse to the heating wire (15) in order to open the drug compartment (13) by melting the foil (14). The first module (11) and second module (12) comprise interoperable connection means (19) for securing the first module (11) to the second module (12) such that the heating wire (15) is electronically coupled to the electronics (18).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 2, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2017
Assignee:
Stoco 10 GmbH
Inventors:
Johan Frederik Dijksman, Anke Pierik, Frits Tobi De Jongh, Jeff Shimizu, Hans Zou, Lucian Remus Albu, Olaf Weiner