Patent ID: 6306420
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: A61J,A61K,A61M

Abstract:
A method of automatically administering a drug to a patient according to a predetermined delivery profile, the method comprising:obtaining a device comprisinga housing;a reservoir operatively connected to the housing and loaded with a solid composition comprising the drug;a transit assembly attached to said housing and configured to allow the solid composition to pass out of the housing;an actuator arranged within the housing to move the solid composition from the reservoir to a transit assembly, wherein the solid composition exits the housing at the transit assembly, anda controller that acts on the actuator to adjust movement of the solid composition out of the housing according to the predetermined delivery profile;programming the controller of the device to cause the actuator to move the solid composition to the transit area according to the predetermined delivery profile;bringing the transit area into contact with the body fluids of the patient, andproviding energy to the controller and the actuator to move the composition from the reservoir to the transit area to deliver the drug to body fluids of the patient according to the predetermined delivery profile.