Abstract: A gastric residence system comprises one or more retention members comprising: at least one drug eluting component; and at least one laser linker component laser welded to the at least one drug eluting component.

Abstract: Gastric residence systems for administration of risperidone are disclosed. Features which enhance gastric retention during the desired residence time and which allow for more precise control over residence time are disclosed, including circumferential filaments connecting the arms of a stellate gastric residence system; improved time-dependent and enteric disintegrating matrices (linkers); and release rate-modulating polymer coatings which are resistant to change in release rate properties during heat-assisted assembly or thermal cycling. Combinations of these features are also disclosed.

Abstract: Gastric residence systems and methods of delivering a drug to an individual using a gastric residence system are described herein. The gastric residence system may include a time-dependent and/or enteric, or dual time-dependent and enteric polymeric linker. In some embodiments, the time-dependent polymeric linker includes PLGA, and optionally PLA or a carrier polymer. The enteric polymeric linker includes an enteric polymeric, and optionally a carrier polymer such as PCL or TPU. The time-dependent polymeric linker may degrade in the stomach of the individual according to a degradation (or flexural modulus loss) profile described herein, and the enteric polymeric linker may degrade in the intestine of the individual another degradation profile described herein (or flexural modulus loss).

Abstract: Gastric residence systems for administration of agents, such as drugs, are disclosed. Features which enhance gastric retention during the desired residence time and which allow for more precise control over residence time are disclosed, including circumferential filaments connecting the arms of a stellate gastric residence system; flexible arms for a gastric residence system; improved time-dependent and enteric disintegrating matrices (linkers); and release rate-modulating polymer coatings which are resistant to change in release rate properties during heat-assisted assembly or thermal cycling. Combinations of these features are also disclosed.