US 11,890,438 B1
Therapeutic substance delivery
Wolfram Frederik Dueck, Hannover (DE); and Daniel Smyth, Mechelen (BE)
Assigned to Cochlear Limited, Macquarie University (AU)
Filed by Wolfram Frederik Dueck, Hannover (DE); and Daniel Smyth, Mechelen (BE)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/019,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,265, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Int. Cl. A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 31/00 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); A61M 2205/05 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0668 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a therapeutic substance delivery device configured for attachment to a first tissue area internal of a recipient, the delivery device configured to enable movement of a therapeutic substance outlet, via movement of a component of which the outlet is a part, of the delivery device proximate a second tissue area away from the first tissue area after attachment to the first tissue area to deliver a therapeutic substance from the outlet while implanted in the recipient, wherein
the component is stowed, prior to the movement of the component, over a distance less than 30 mm.