Patent ID: 9415163
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A system for a controlled administration of a substance by means of an infusion device implanted in a human body comprising: an implantable unit for detecting a shortage or an excess of said substance or a physiological parameter correlatable with the shortage or the excess of said substance, an infusion group of said substance implantable in a peritoneal cavity and comprising a central control unit for processing data received from said implantable unit in order to generate command signals for a release of the substance in a intraperitoneal cavity, energy storage means for supplying power to said infusion group, a carrier of said substance adapted to be ingested in order to passively reach a duodenal lumen and made of a perforable material resistant to gastric acids and with parts made of magnetizable metal, and a refilling device for resupplying the infusion group with said substance, comprising a magnetic reversible docking group for said carrier, facing on the duodenal lumen and actuable when said carrier reaches a pre-established distance therefrom, and drawing means for drawing said substance from said carrier communicating with suction means of said infusion group.