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remote-controlled drug delivery
Procedure:
- implantable chip placed & removed under local anesthesia
- doses of a drug released on in response to wireless commands
- FORTEO released twice daily for 20 days
General
pharmacologic therapy
References
Farra R et al.
First-in-human testing of a wirelessly controlled drug
delivery microchip.
Sci Transl Med 2012 Feb 22; 4:122ra21
PMID: 22344516