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Title:
LOW TEMPERATURE METHODS FOR HERMETICALLY SEALING RESERVOIR DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005010240
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods are provided for hermetically sealing an opening in a reservoir of a containment device. The method comprises applying a polymeric material to an opening in a reservoir of a containment device, the reservoir comprising reservoir contents (such as a drug or a sensor) to be hermetically isolated within the reservoir, the applied polymeric material closing off the opening and forming a temporary seal; and adhering a hermetic sealing material onto the polymeric material to hermetically seal the opening. The reservoir can be a micro-reservoir. The containment device can comprises an array of two or more of reservoirs, and the method comprises hermetically sealing each of the two or more reservoirs.

Inventors:
COPPETA JONATHAN R (US)
UHLAND SCOTT A (US)
POLITO BENJAMIN F (US)
SHEPPARD NORMAN F JR (US)
FEAKES CHRISTINA M (US)
SNELL DOUGLAS (US)
SANTINI JOHN T JR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/023137
Publication Date:
March 17, 2005
Filing Date:
July 19, 2004
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Assignee:
MICROCHIPS INC (US)
COPPETA JONATHAN R (US)
UHLAND SCOTT A (US)
POLITO BENJAMIN F (US)
SHEPPARD NORMAN F JR (US)
FEAKES CHRISTINA M (US)
SNELL DOUGLAS (US)
SANTINI JOHN T JR (US)
International Classes:
B01L3/00; B65B7/28; H01L21/50; A61K9/00; (IPC1-7): C25D5/10; A61K9/00; A61M5/14; B01L3/00; C25D5/54; G02B6/38; G02B6/42; H01L23/06; H01L23/10
Foreign References:
US6123861A2000-09-26
US6527762B12003-03-04
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