MEDICAMENT DELIVERY SYSTEM

摘要

A system for delivering a substance to a selected site in the alimentary canal of a human or animal is provided. The system has an ingestible capsule (100) comprising: a compartment for storing the substance (120); a receiver (130) suitable for receiving a signal through animal tissue; a processor for storing a programmed set of instructions; an electronic power source (150); and at least one transmitter, disposed on a medically relevant site on the body of the human or animal, for sending a signal to the receiver, wherein the receiver further comprises a proximity based detection means (135) for measuring proximity of the receiver to the at least one transmitter (220), and wherein the processor instructs the releasing means (114) to release the substance upon recognition of a pre-programmed pattern of transmitters.