US 11,730,884 B2
Implantable externally driven fluid delivery system
Jeffrey Paul Castleberry, Longmont, CO (US); David G. Matsuura, Solana Beach, CA (US); Jacob A. Moebius, Encinitas, CA (US); Philip J. Simpson, Escondido, CA (US); Keir Hart, Lafayette, CO (US); Leo Whiteside, St. Louis, MO (US); and Jared Ruben Hillel Foran, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to ForCast Orthopedics Inc., Longmont, CO (US)
Filed by ForCast Orthopedics, Inc., Longmont, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/11,178.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,152, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069409 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/14276 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14212 (2013.01); A61M 5/14586 (2013.01); A61M 5/14593 (2013.01); A61M 5/16804 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8287 (2013.01); A61M 2210/086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implantable pump, comprising:
a plurality of layers bonded to each other so as to form a laminate assembly; and
a magnetic element configured to cause the implantable pump to function in response to a magnetic field, the magnetic element being separated by a flexible diaphragm into a first magnet portion and a second magnet portion;
wherein layers of the plurality of layers include apertures defined therein, the apertures defining cavities in the laminate assembly for passage of a fluid therethrough; and
wherein the implantable pump is configured to respond to a magnetic field generated from outside a body when the implantable pump is implanted in the body.