Patent ID: 6602220
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61B,A61D,A61M

Abstract:
A method for delivering through a minivalve one of a control solution or a drug solution to a point of interest in a animal, the method comprising the steps of:inserting a drug delivery device at a point of interest in the animal, the drug delivery device having an input for acceptance of a solution therein; mounting a minivalve on the animal, the minivalve having an input for a control solution and an input for a drug solution, the minivalve further having a common output for outputting either of the control solution or drug solution to the input of the drug delivery device; driving a drug solution and/or control solution to the minivalve; and actuating the minivalve between first and second positions in which the control solution or drug solution is selectively input to the drug delivery device.