Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-righting systems, methods, and related components
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Application No.: US16614229Application Date: 2018-05-17
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Publication No.: US11541015B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Alex G. Abramson , Ester Caffarel Salvador , Niclas Roxhed , Minsoo Khang , Taylor Bensel , Robert S. Langer
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge; US MA Boston
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge; US MA Boston
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/033210 WO 20180517
- International Announcement: WO2018/213593 WO 20181122
- Main IPC: A61K9/48
- IPC: A61K9/48 ; A61M5/142 ; A61M37/00 ; A61M5/158 ; A61M5/145 ; A61B10/06

Abstract:
Self-righting articles, such as self-righting capsules for administration to a subject, are generally provided. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may be configured such that the article may orient itself relative to a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). The self-righting articles described herein may comprise one or more tissue engaging surfaces configured to engage (e.g., interface with, inject into, anchor) with a surface (e.g., a surface of a tissue of a subject). In some embodiments, the self-righting article may have a particular shape and/or distribution of density (or mass) which, for example, enables the self-righting behavior of the article. In some embodiments, the self-righting article may comprise a tissue interfacing component and/or a pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery of the active pharmaceutical agent to a location internal of the subject). In some cases, upon contact of the tissue with the tissue engaging surface of the article, the self-righting article may be configured to release one or more tissue interfacing components. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component is associated with a self-actuating component. For example, the self-righting article may comprise a self-actuating component configured, upon exposure to a fluid, to release the tissue interfacing component from the self-righting article. In some cases, the tissue interfacing component may comprise and/or be associated with the pharmaceutical agent (e.g., for delivery to a location internal to a subject).
Public/Granted literature
- US20220080115A1 SELF-RIGHTING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND RELATED COMPONENTS Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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