Patent ID: 9610398
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. An implantable apparatus for delivering a liquid medication to a delivery site in a patient, said apparatus comprising: an implantable housing having an external wall and an internal space; a mixing chamber within the internal space, wherein the mixing chamber is configured to receive transcutaneous transfers of a liquid; a plurality of solid medication doses in the internal space; wherein said mixing chamber is configured to receive individual solid medication doses from the internal space, and wherein the individual solid medication dosages dissolve or become suspended in the liquid within the mixing chamber to form the liquid medication; a transfer mechanism for advancing individual solid medication doses from the internal space into the mixing chamber, wherein the mechanism advances the individual solid medication dose through a split membrane in a side of the mixing chamber and wherein the individual solid medication doses are carried in a carousel which is incremented to move individual doses adjacent the split membrane; and a catheter configured to receive the liquid medication from the mixing chamber and to deliver the liquid medication to the delivery site.