1235 results about "Drug Storage" patented technology

An implantable medical device that comprises an attached porous ceramic component is disclosed. This ceramic component joins the surface of the medical device to an auxiliary component such as a glass, plastic, ceramic, or metal device. This auxiliary component can be fiber optic, can be an electrode, or can be a sensor or chip-based sensor. Alternatively, the ceramic component is a drug reservoir capable of locally delivering a drug or other therapeutic substance near the implantation site of the medical device.

The application discloses a drug infusion system comprising a base and a drug dispenser. The base is configured to receive a cannula that delivers a drug to beneath a wearer's skin. The base is attachable to the skin of the wearer. The reusable drug dispenser is removably attachable to the base and has a pump unit configured to establish fluid communication between a removably attachable drug reservoir and the cannula. The pump unit pumps the drug to the wearer upon activation by the wearer. The pump unit may have an inlet to contact the drug within the reservoir, which may be a needle. The pump unit may also have a receiving unit to receive the reservoir. Such a receiving unit may be a tubular for a cylindrical reservoir, or may have a cavity or an encasing unit to hold the reservoir.

A drug administration system configured to administer a drug to a user's ear includes a housing, sized and shaped to substantially fit behind the user's ear, and configured to pump the drug in controlled amounts to the user's middle ear. A drug reservoir is disposed in the housing and includes a drug configured to treat an inner ear condition. A catheter is operatively coupled to the drug reservoir and is sized and shaped to extend from the drug administration unit into the user's middle ear.

A unique design of the stent that incorporates a drug-reservoir running along the stent struts. One or more drugs can be incorporated within the reservoir. Additionally other drugs can be coated on the surface of the strut enclosing the reservoir drug to facilitate sequential release of drugs. Thus, the design incorporating sequential release of multiple drugs facilitates to tackle the sequential complex biologic processes involved in renarrowing following stent implantation. The design also ensures that the drug present in the reservoir is released exclusively into the adjacent tissue without getting washed away into the blood flowing within the lumen.

The invention provides a drug storage information managing system for pharmacy, comprising a basic information managing module, an in-storage managing module, an out-storage managing module, an inventory managing module, a statistic information managing module and a system managing module, wherein the basic information managing module is used for maintaining and managing the staff information, maintaining and managing the information of pharmaceutical suppliers, and maintaining and managing the patient information; the in-storage managing module is used for managing in-storage operation, storage location, in-storage query and in-storage drug-return; the out-storage managing module is used for managing manual out-storage operation, out-storage query and out-storage drug-return; the inventory managing module is used for managing inventory query, inventory alarm and inventory transfer function; the statistic information managing module is used for managing the statistic of the staff information, the statistic of the information of suppliers, the statistic of the in-storage drug, the statistic and analysis of the in-storage drug, the statistic of the out-storage drug, and the statistic and analysis of the out-storage; and the system managing module is used for managing the system users, the user passwords, the data backup, the data restoration and the authority. After adopting the drug storage information managing system for the pharmacy, the pharmacy management is automated and normalized and becomes scientific, and the whole efficiency of the system is improved.

This invention relates to a compliance monitor for monitoring patient usage of a medicament delivery device, where the medicament delivery device includes a store of medicament and a medicament dispensing means. The compliance monitor includes a housing adapted to enclose the medicament delivery device, and a dose counter, associated with the housing, for recording the delivery of a dose of medicament to the patient from the medicament delivery device. The arrangement and construction is such that the housing is loosely coupled to the medicament delivery device, whereby the housing is able to move relative to the medicament delivery device during the delivery of the dose of medicament, and it is this movement which actuates the dose counter, either directly or indirectly, in order to record the delivery of the dose of medicament.

The invention discloses a seed coating agent specially used for direct seeding rice, which is characterized in that the seed coating agent mainly contains the following ingredients by weight: 2 to 8 percent of super absorbent resin, 1 to 5 percent of oxygenates, 0.1 to 0.5 percent of sparrow and rat destruction agent , 0.5 to 2 percent of bactericide, 0.5 to 2 percent of pesticide, 0.02 to 0.2 percent of plant growth regulator, 3 to 10 percent of trace element fertilizer and the margin is special type mineral clay. The powder raw materials are crushed to more then 100 meshes and are mixed evenly, the mixture is coated on the surfaces of rice seeds by a seed-coating method for direct sowing, thus clay sacculus integrating 'a small water reservoir, a small oxygen reservoir, a small drug storage and a small fertilizer storage' are formed around the rice seeds and at the roots of seedlings; the seed coating agent has the effects of preserving and providing water, ventilating and providing oxygen, promoting seedling emergency, preventing diseases and killing pests, preventing mice and destructing sparrows, strengthening seedlings and roots and increasing production. The seed coating agent is also characterized by low dosage, low cost, simple and convenient operation, and the like, thereby being applicable to coating rice seeds which are directly sowed both on flooded paddy fields and dry paddy fields.

In a body fluid analyzer, a body fluid extracting unit for holding medicine to promote discharge of body fluid and collecting body fluid is arranged at a lower surface of a body fluid collecting chip. A body fluid discharge promoting medicine storage unit is connected to a medicine injecting hole formed in the body fluid collecting chip. A test unit is arranged in the body fluid collecting chip, and the body fluid extracting unit and the test unit are connected by a body fluid feeding path. A discarding body fluid storage unit is connected to the exit of the body fluid feeding path. A medicine supplying mechanism including a pump is operatively connected.

The invention features a plug for use with a drug delivery device, wherein the plug defines an expansion control channel, which accommodates thermal expansion of a formulation in a reservoir of a drug delivery device, and an exit channel. In one embodiment, the plug comprises an inner plug member and an outer plug member, which members define an expansion control channel to facilitate release of entrapped air and to accommodate thermal expansion of formulation from the sealed drug reservoir. The plug further defines an exit channel, and may optionally further comprise a frit positioned within the flow pathway just prior to the delivery outlet, or both.

A medication storage and dispensing unit is provided which includes a support platform and a vial dispenser supported by the support platform. The vial dispenser may include a chute configured to store a plurality of vials of medication and a gate configured to be alternately positioned in a closed position in which the vials remain within the chute and an open position in which a vial is dispensed from the chute. The medication storage and dispensing unit may be computer controlled so as to include a computing device configured to receive user input regarding dispensation of a vial. The computing device may be further configured to actuate the gate to thereby permit the gate to move to the open position such that the vial is dispensed from the chute.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for providing a reduced risk of free flow from medical devices such as an infusion pump. A medicament containing reservoir is provided with a piston having a sealing portion formed by a material of a first stiffness. The piston further comprises a frictional enhancing member having one or more reservoir wall engaging portions and being at least partly made of a material having a stiffness greater than the first stiffness. By arranging the frictional enhancing member to exert a radially outwards directed force component against the cylindrical wall an increased friction is provided between the piston and the reservoir wall.

Drug storage and dispensing devices for dispensing a drug dosage form to a patient are disclosed. The dispensing device has a programmable lock-out feature for locking the dispensing device and is capable of detecting the identity of a user. The invention further provides a method for the treatment of subject, by administering to the subject a drug dosage form using a dispensing device of the invention.

The present invention relates to the field of transdermal drug delivery. More specifically, the present invention relates to drug reservoir materials for use in transdermal drug delivery devices. The drug reservoirs of the present invention comprise a polyurethane polymer which can be processed at temperatures below those which cause degradation of temperature sensitive drugs and/or excipients. The present invention is also directed to tailoring the release characteristics of the polyurethane material to accommodate a range of suitable drugs to be delivered from the transdermal drug delivery device and/or provide a range of delivery rates for a particular drug.