Leroy E. Hood;Lowell L. Wood, Jr.;Robert Langer;Victoria Y. H. Wood;Clarence T. Tegreene;Muriel Y. Ishikawa;Edward K. Y. Jung
发明人:
Leroy E. Hood,Muriel Y. Ishikawa,Edward K. Y. Jung,Robert Langer,Clarence T. Tegreene,Lowell L. Wood, Jr.,Victoria Y. H. Wood
申请号:
US11302407
公开号:
US08998886B2
申请日:
2005.12.13
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or into an additional fluid handling structure within the osmotic pump device. Exemplary environments include a body of an organism, a body of water, or an enclosed volume of a fluid. In selected embodiments, a magnetic field, an electric field, or electromagnetic control signal may be used.