Patent ID: 6945952

Claim:
A system for controlled delivery of one or more drugs to a patient's body, the system comprising: an array of one or more dissolvable, substantially solid, drug solution delivery perforators, with each perforator having a first end with at least one point or blade adapted for penetrating skin and for providing a skin aperture on a patient's body, with at least one of the perforators including a matrix material that is dissolvable, the at least one perforator dissolving over a time interval of between a few tens of seconds and a few hours after the perforator has been inserted into the patient's body, and including a first selected drug distributed within the matrix, where the perforator array can be positioned adjacent to a selected region of the patient's skin; and an activatable pressure mechanism, associated with the at least one perforator, configured to cause the at least one perforator to penetrate the patient's skin at the selected region, in response to activation of the pressure mechanism, wherein upon activation said pressure mechanism adjusts the skin penetration depth of said at least one perforator.