Patent ID: 6953455

Claim:
A medicine delivery system, adapted to be implanted into a human or animal body, comprising: a control unit adapted to generate a control signal; and a medicine delivery unit including: a plurality of compartments, each compartment adapted to contain a predetermined amount of a medicine and having a delivery opening permitting delivery of the medicine; a membrane adapted to seal the delivery opening of each compartment; and a plurality of release elements, each release element being associated respectively with the delivery opening of one of the compartments and adapted to rupture the membrane along a predetermined generally U-shaped rupture pattern responsive to the control signal to permit a first membrane portion located inside the predetermined generally U-shaped rupture pattern to separate from a second membrane portion along the predetermined generally U-shaped rupture pattern while remaining pivotally attached to the second membrane portion at a connection area, whereby the rupture of the membrane permits body fluid of the human or animal to mix with the medicine so that the medicine is released in admixture with the body fluids through the delivery opening into the human or animal body.