Inventors:
Edward S. Boyden - Cambridge MA, US
Roderick A. Hyde - Redmond WA, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa - Livermore CA, US
Jordin T. Kare - Seattle WA, US
Robert Langer - Newton MA, US
Eric C. Leuthardt - St. Louis MO, US
Dennis J. Rivet - Portsmouth VA, US
Michael A. Smith - Phoenix AZ, US
Charles Whitmer - North Bend WA, US
Victoria Y. H. Wood - Livermore CA, US
Assignee:
The Invention Science Fund I, LLC - Bellevue WA
International Classification:
A61K 9/22, A61J 7/00, A61M 31/00
US Classification:
6048911, 604 77, 604 79, 604275, 604514, 604516
Abstract:
Systems and methods are described for implementing or deploying medical or veterinary utility modules comprising a first module operable in a digestive or respiratory tract to engage a second module, optionally by a magnetic field. Alternatively or additionally, systems may be operable to remain in situ and also operable to permit a therapeutic material dispensation. In some contexts, for example, systems or methods may dispense a therapeutic material via a subject's throat or elsewhere in the digestive or respiratory tract.