remote-controlled drug delivery

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Procedure

  • implantable chip placed & removed under local anesthesia
  • doses of a drug released on in response to wireless commands
    • FORTEO released twice daily for 20 days

More general terms

References

  1. Farra R et al. First-in-human testing of a wirelessly controlled drug delivery microchip. Sci Transl Med 2012 Feb 22; 4:122ra21 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22344516