摘要:
Methods are provided for medical treatment or diagnosis of a patient. The method includes implanting into the patient a device which comprises (i) a substrate in which at least one reservoir is located and covered by a first reservoir cap, (ii) a drug or sensor located in the reservoir, and (iii) control circuitry and a power source for disintegrating or permeabilizing the reservoir cap, and (iv) an external interface to receive incident light energy; and directing focused light to the external interface of the implanted device to actuate disintegration or permeabilization of the reservoir cap to release the drug or expose the sensor. The device may implanted onto or into the sclera or other tissue surface of the eye of the patient. The focused light may be laser light which may be used to transmit power or data to the device.
摘要:
A drug delivery device for implantation into a patient is provided that includes at least one device element which comprises a substrate having a plurality of discrete reservoirs disposed therein, said reservoirs containing drug molecules and a degradable matrix material which controls in vivo release of the drug molecules from the reservoirs, wherein the drug delivery device is adapted to conform to a curved bone tissue surface. In one embodiment, the substrate is flexible and conforms to a bone tissue surface. In another embodiment, the device has two or more device elements attached to or integral with a flexible supporting layer.
摘要:
Devices are provided for the controlled exposure of a sensor or sensor component. The device may include a substrate; at least one reservoir provided in the substrate; at least one sensor or sensor component located in the at least one reservoir; at least one reservoir cap closing an opening in the at least one reservoir to isolate the sensor or sensor component from a selected environmental component outside of the at least one reservoir; at least one intermediate barrier layer disposed in the at least one reservoir between the reservoir cap and the sensor or sensor component; and means for disintegrating the reservoir cap to expose the sensor or sensor component to the selected environmental component.
摘要:
Devices are provided for use in medical diagnostics which include a substrate, a plurality of discrete reservoirs located in the substrate, each reservoir having at least one opening, at least one diagnostic substance contained in each reservoir, and at least one non-degradable barrier layer covering each reservoir opening, the barrier layer being permeable to an agent to be detected, wherein the diagnostic substance remains inside the reservoirs and can react with the agent to be detected.
摘要:
Methods are provided for hermetically sealing an opening in a reservoir of a containment device. The method comprises applying a polymeric material to an opening in a reservoir of a containment device, the reservoir comprising reservoir contents (such as a drug or a sensor) to be hermetically isolated within the reservoir, the applied polymeric material closing off the opening and forming a temporary seal; and adhering a hermetic sealing material onto the polymeric material to hermetically seal the opening. The reservoir can be a micro-reservoir. The containment device can comprises an array of two or more of reservoirs, and the method comprises hermetically sealing each of the two or more reservoirs.
摘要:
Methods are provided for hermetically sealing an opening in a reservoir of a containment device. The method comprises applying a polymeric material to an opening in a reservoir of a containment device, the reservoir comprising reservoir contents (such as a drug or a sensor) to be hermetically isolated within the reservoir, the applied polymeric material closing off the opening and forming a temporary seal; and adhering a hermetic sealing material onto the polymeric material to hermetically seal the opening. The reservoir can be a micro-reservoir. The containment device can comprises an array of two or more of reservoirs, and the method comprises hermetically sealing each of the two or more reservoirs.
摘要:
Methods and devices are provided for selective release or exposure of reservoir contents, such as a drug formulation or diagnostic reagent, sealed in a reservoir, e.g., a microreservoir. The devices comprise a substrate; one or more reservoirs located in and defined by the substrate; reservoir contents located inside the reservoirs; a reservoir cap or rupturable layer sealing an outlet of the reservoir; and means for disintegrating the reservoir cap or rupturing the rupturable layer; and means for accelerating the release of the reservoir contents from the reservoir through the outlet, or for enhancing diffusional mass transport of a material into or out of the reservoir. The means for accelerating can, for example, include a shape memory material. In a preferred embodiment, the device is adapted for implantation into a human or animal body and comprises an array of several discrete reservoir, each one being individually openable at a desired time.
摘要:
Methods are provided for making a multi-reservoir device comprising (i) patterning one or more photoresist layers on a substrate; (ii) depositing onto the substrate at least one metal layer by a sputtering process to form a plurality of reservoir caps and conductive traces; (iii) removing the photoresist layers using a liftoff process; (iv) forming a plurality of reservoirs in the substrate; (v) loading each reservoir with reservoir contents (such as a drug or sensor); and (vi) sealing each reservoir. Optionally, the reservoir cap comprises a first conductive metal layer coated with one or more protective noble metal films. To enhance the resistance of the substrate (e.g., a silicon substrate) to etching in vivo, the interior sidewalls of the reservoirs optionally can include a protective coating (e.g., gold, platinum, carbon, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, and platinum silicide), or sidewalls comprising silicon can be doped with boron or another impurity.
摘要:
Devices are provided for controlled release of chemical molecules, such as drugs or diagnostic agents. The devices comprises a substrate; a plurality of discrete reservoirs located in the substrate, wherein the reservoirs each have at least one opening at a surface of the substrate; chemical molecules, for release, disposed in the reservoirs; a rupturable barrier layer closing the at least one opening; and a pressure generating material disposed in the reservoirs, the pressure generating material being selected from the group consisting of water-swellable materials, osmotic pressure generating materials, and combinations thereof, wherein the chemical molecules can be selectively released from each reservoir by rupturing of the barrier layer, due to pressure generated by the pressure generating material.
摘要:
A device and method for carbon dioxide sequestering involving the use of a photo-bioreactor with Light Emitting Diodes (LED's) for the cost-effective photo-fixation of carbon dioxide (CO2). This device and method is useful for removing undesirable carbon dioxide from waste streams.