DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHOD Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61F7/08 A61M5/44 A61M5/50 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: therapeutic device comprises a therapeutic element having a disposable and a reusable portion and comprising a processor connected to a temperature sensor of the heated tissue. The therapeutic element has a place to inject the preparation into the tissue in the pre-set tissue point at the specific moment of time. A processor-controlled heating element is integrated into the therapeutic element or adjoins it; the heat is applied to the tissue in the specified point over the specified period of time: before, during and/or after the therapeutic agent is administered, and the tissue is heated to the pre-set temperature, which is less than the pre-set threshold temperature. Depending on the tissue temperature, the processor stabilises heating at the pre-set temperature. The disposable portion comprises an identification element to indicate whether the portion is in use. An indicator of the therapeutic element is configured to indicate whether the specific injection point is in use.

EFFECT: using the invention enables preventing the re-injection into the same point.

17 cl, 6 dwg