US 12,083,303 B2
Device and method for delivering a flowable ingestible medicament into the gastrointestinal tract of a user
Lior Ben-Tsur, Netanya (IL); Ronny Shabat, Kibbutz Yizra'el (IL); and Shai Molnar, Shorashim (IL)
Assigned to Vibrant Ltd., Yokneam (IL)
Filed by VIBRANT LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on May 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,643.
Application 17/246,643 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2020/050433, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Application 17/246,643 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/747,635, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,020,018.
Claims priority of application No. 1900780 (GB), filed on Jan. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322741 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 31/002 (2013.01) [A61M 39/22 (2013.01); A61M 2039/226 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0468 (2013.01); A61M 2205/106 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8212 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medicament delivery compartment, adapted to be attached to a vibrating ingestible capsule having a first housing portion and adapted to operate in a vibrating mode of operation, for delivery of a flowable ingestible medicament into the gastrointestinal tract of a user, the medicament delivery compartment including:
a second housing portion adapted to be attached to said first housing portion of said vibrating ingestible capsule, and having a portal formed therein;
a flexible and collapsible medicament reservoir dimensioned to contain the flowable ingestible medicament;
a reservoir biasing mechanism adapted to apply pressure to said flexible and collapsible medicament reservoir;
a resilient conduit extending from said medicament reservoir to said portal, and sealing said portal; and
a valve including a weight and a valve biasing mechanism adapted, in a closed operative orientation, to bias said weight against said conduit so as to pinch said conduit and to block flow through said conduit, and in an open operative orientation to remove the weight from said conduit so as to allow said conduit to recover and fluid to flow through said conduit,
wherein said valve is adapted to be functionally associated with said first housing portion, such that when the vibrating ingestible capsule is in the vibrating mode of operation, vibrations exerted on the first housing portion are applied to said valve biasing mechanism and are adapted to periodically transition said valve between said closed operative orientation and said open operative orientation.