Drug Tooth
Posted March 12th, 2007 byMedical researches at Information Society Technologies (Brussels, Belgium) are developing the IntelliDrug controlled drug delivery system, where medication is stored and released from an implanted tooth. The fake tooth is a micro-system comprising of a medication reservoir and release mechanism, a built-in intelligence, micro- sensors, and micro-actuators. The IntelliDrug device will be placed in the oral cavity. The medicine is contained in a small reservoir.
Drugs would be released in a controlled manner according to a patient’s needs, for periods lasting days, weeks, or months. The device can be reloaded in a simple non-invasive way. The released medicine will be either absorbed by the oral mucosa or swallowed by the patient.
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