DEVICE FOR DRUG DELIVERY

摘要

Delivery of more than one therapeutic fluid as a means to control symptoms of a health conditions is disclosed. More than one therapeutic fluid may be dispensed from more than one reservoir and delivered to a user's body via one or more cannula that penetrate the skin. The therapeutic fluids may be delivered by action of one or more pumping mechanisms that may be controlled by a processor in a portable, ambulatory device. The therapeutic fluids may optionally be insulin and one or more of an amylin analog, pramlintide acetate and an exenatide, and the health condition may optionally be diabetes. This device can be used in combination with a glucometer.

主权项

1. A portable therapeutic fluid delivery device having a form factor that permits ambulatory use by a user, the device comprising:
a first reservoir for containing a first therapeutic fluid; a second reservoir for containing a second therapeutic fluid; at least one cannula in fluid communication with the first and/or second reservoir, the at least one cannula being disposed to penetrate the user's skin to deliver the first and/or the second therapeutic fluid subcutaneously at a dosing rate; at least one pumping mechanism that delivers the first therapeutic fluid from the first reservoir at a first dosing rate and delivers the second therapeutic fluid from the second reservoir at a second dosing rate to the at least one cannula and into the user; and a processor that controls the at least one pumping mechanism.