US 12,186,549 B2
Subcutaneous device for monitoring and/or providing therapies
Yatheendhar D. Manicka, Woodbury, MN (US)
Assigned to Manicka Institute LLC, Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed by Manicka Institute LLC, Woodbury, MN (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/991,808.
Application 16/355,236 is a division of application No. 16/051,451, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 10,471,251, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 17/991,808 is a continuation of application No. 17/151,522, filed on Jan. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,504,523.
Application 17/151,522 is a continuation of application No. 16/355,236, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,894,155, issued on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083368 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/368 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0504 (2013.01) [A61N 1/059 (2013.01); A61N 1/37512 (2017.08); A61N 1/0563 (2013.01); A61N 1/368 (2013.01); A61N 1/37518 (2017.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A subcutaneously implantable device comprising:
a housing;
a clip attached to a top side of the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue, wherein the clip includes a top portion that is configured to be positioned on a first side of the muscle, the bone, and/or the first tissue and the housing is configured to be positioned on a second side of the muscle, the bone, and/or the first tissue;
a drug pump and a drug reservoir in the housing, wherein the drug pump is fluidly connected to the drug reservoir;
a first prong with a lumen extending through the first prong and having a proximal end attached to the housing and the drug pump, and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to contact an organ, a nerve, and/or a second tissue, wherein the first prong is fluidly connected to the drug pump; and
circuitry in the housing in electrical communication with the drug pump that is configured to deliver a signal to the drug pump to provide a targeted or systemic therapeutic drug to the organ, the nerve, and/or the second tissue through the lumen running through the first prong.