WO2006096654A2 - Microject devices and methods for drug delivery - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of delivering therapeutic agents, such as drugs. More particularly, the present invention provides devices and methods for the delivery of therapeutic agents using microjets.
- Transdermal drug delivery is the delivery of the drug substance directly across the skin barrier. Transdermal drug delivery has been in existence for roughly two decades. Transdermal delivery has many advantages over other drug delivery methods, including avoiding first pass metabolism and the ability to maintain consistent systemic dosage levels avoiding the peaks and troughs experienced with other drug delivery methods. Furthermore, transdermal drug delivery is an extremely convenient dosage vehicle for the patient and tends to achieves high levels of patient compliance.
- the main barrier to diffusion of pharmaceuticals across the skin is the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum.
- the stratum corneum consists of densely packed keratinocytes (flat dead cells filled with keratin fibers) surrounded by highly ordered lipid bilayers, creating an effective barrier to permeability.
- the epidermis Directly beneath the stratum corneum is the epidermis.
- the epidermis is rich in cells of the immune system, and therefore a target for drug delivery for therapies that are directed to or involve the immune system.
- Beneath the epidermis is the dermis.
- the dermis has a rich network of blood capillaries and, therefore, is an attractive target for systemic drug delivery since drugs presented to the capillary network rapidly enter the circulatory system and are systemically delivered throughout the body.
- enhancing transdermal drug delivery across the stratum corneum have been devised including utilizing enhancing agents or stimulants such as chemical, voltage charge, ultrasonic waves, thermal treatments, microneedles, and laser assist techniques.
- enhancing agents or stimulants such as chemical, voltage charge, ultrasonic waves, thermal treatments, microneedles, and laser assist techniques.
- enhancing agents or stimulants such as chemical, voltage charge, ultrasonic waves, thermal treatments, microneedles, and laser assist techniques.
- enhancing agents or stimulants such as chemical, voltage charge, ultrasonic waves, thermal treatments, microneedles, and laser assist techniques.
- enhancing agents or stimulants such as chemical, voltage charge, ultrasonic waves, thermal treatments, microneedles, and laser assist techniques.
- Jet injectors move the solution to be injected at a high rate of speed and eject the solution as a jet, penetrating the stratum corneum and depositing the solution into the dermis and subcutaneous regions of the skin.
- 2004/0260234 discloses the use of high-speed microjets created by driving a volume of fluid, about IpI to about 800nl, via a single nozzle with a diameter of about 1 ⁇ m to 500 ⁇ m or an array of such nozzles.
- the speed of fluid expelled from the jets can be very high, with velocities greater than 30m/s but typically about 100m/s.
- inkjet printers generate fluid velocities of about 5m/s.
- Repetitive delivery by the high-speed jets can be realized in several ways including, spring actuation, high-pressure gas, phase change leading to rapid pressure increase, electromagnetic means, such as by using a solenoid, piezoelectric means, etc.
- Other methods of drug delivery include catheters and intravenous injections. These methods are particularly invasive and do not easily deliver precisely targeted amounts of a therapeutic agent to a specific area. For example, it may be desirous to deposit a small amount of medication directly into the heart muscle, without the medication moving throughout the body and potentially causing unintended side-effects for other organs and tissue.
- Current catheter and intravenous methods for drug delivery do not allow the required precision, which requires injection of drugs in quantities far higher than actually necessary.
- Some aspects of the present invention may include a fluid delivery system having a reservoir, a delivery actuator, and at least one delivery nozzle of a microjet having an exit orifice with a diameter between about l ⁇ m and about 500 ⁇ m.
- the delivery actuator may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid contained in the reservoir through the nozzle or nozzles at a pre-determined velocity.
- the quantity of fluid may contain one or more therapeutic agents, such as medications, drugs, bio-reactive agents, etc.
- the delivery actuator may also be configured to repeatedly deliver a quantity of the fluid contained in the reservoir through the at least one delivery nozzle at pre-determined intervals and at pre-determined velocities.
- the system may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid at a velocity such that the quantity of fluid disrupts and passes into and/or through the stratum corneum of an individual into the epidermal layer, dermal layer, or below, of an individual.
- the system may include at least one nozzle is located on a distal end of a catheter and/or endoscope.
- the system may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid directly into the bloodstream, or to some other portion of an individual proximate to the nozzle.
- the system may be configured to deliver the quantity 1 of fluid through a vascular wall or into tissue adjacent to a vascular wall of a ⁇ individual, on into other tissues reached with an endoscope, including into the spinal column.
- the delivery of a quantity of fluid may be based on a signal from a sensor.
- the sensor may be a biosensor such as a pressure sensor, density sensor, chemical sensor, and an electrical sensor.
- the sensor may be located inside of the individual to be treated, or may be monitoring or attached to machinery monitoring conditions of the individual.
- the microjet delivery device may be located externally, as a transdermal delivery device, or internally, to deliver therapeutic agents to a desired location.
- the system may be configured such that the pre-determined velocity delivers the quantity of fluid onto the stratum corneum of an individual without disrupting the stratum corneum.
- the fluid may be delivered onto the stratum corneum of an individual through an intermediate member, such as an absorbent material, patch, etc.
- the system may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid into the nasal cavity of an individual.
- the fluid may be delivered through tissues in the nasal cavity of -A-
- the individual either by depositing the fluid onto the nasal membranes, or by delivering the fluid into the nasal cavity tissues, or below, by penetrating the tissue with the fluid.
- the fluid may also be delivered onto tissues in the nasal cavity by misting the quantity of fluid through the at least one delivery nozzle.
- the system may be configured to deliver fluid through the mouth and/or throat tissues of an individual, by misting, depositing, or penetration.
- the delivery of fluid may also be configured to be inhaled and absorbed in the lungs of the individual when, for example, it is misted into the nasal cavity, mouth, and/or throat.
- the delivery system may include a plurality of nozzles.
- a first portion of the delivery nozzles may be high pressure nozzles
- a second portion of the plurality of nozzles may be low pressure nozzles.
- the high pressure nozzles may be configured to disrupt the stratum corneum and create pores
- the low pressure nozzles may be configured to deliver a quantity of fluid through the created pores, either directly or through an intermediate member such as an absorbent patch.
- Figure 1 is schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 3 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a catheter and/or endoscope portion
- Figure 4 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 5 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device and including an intermediate delivery member
- Figure 6 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 7 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device and including an intermediate delivery member
- Figure 8 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device and including an intermediate delivery member and an iontophoresis system
- Figure 9 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a catheter and/or endoscope portion
- Figure 10 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a catheter and/or endoscope portion
- Figure 11 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a catheter and/or endoscope portion
- Figure 12 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a catheter and/or endoscope portion
- Figure 13 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device having a sensor
- Figure 14 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 15 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 16a is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 16b is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 17 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 18a is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 18b is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 19a is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 19b is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- Figure 20a is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device.
- Figure 20b is a schematic view of an embodiment of a microjet device
- a fluid reservoir 102 is in fluid communication with a microjet 114 that is controlled by a controller 106, which may be a microprocessor, or any other suitable controller.
- Controller 106 is programmable to activate an actuator 118 to propel a quantity of fluid 108 from microjet
- a biological barrier such as the stratum corneum 130 of an individual.
- Microjet 114 includes an exit nozzle with an opening of between about l ⁇ m and about 500 ⁇ m. This small opening of the microjet 114 may minimize pain and tissue damage to an individual receiving treatment via microjet device 100.
- the microjet device 100 is capable of repeatable activation.
- repeatable activation is defined to mean multiple, sequential activation without the need to remove, recharge, or otherwise replenish the device between activation cycles and deactivation cycles.
- a particular drug administration regime may require delivery of a particular quantity of the drug on each hour for five days.
- the microjet device would activate an actuator 118 to inject as many micro injections as needed to deliver the prescribed quantity of drug at the first hour.
- the device Upon completion of a first hour's administration, the device would wait until the next hour, and then administer the prescribed quantity of drug a second time. The device would then continue in this manner for the entire five day period.
- controller 106 may be a simple electronic component or control unit that generates a signal according to predetermined or preprogrammed timing to activate the microjet 114 to propel quantity of fluid 108 from reservoir 102.
- the signal may also determine the, velocity of fluid 108 expelled from, microjet 114, depending on the desired delivery regimen.
- the velocity may be controlled various ways such as by adjusting the size of the microjet nozzle, controlling the force applied by the actuator, adjusting the size of the actuator, etc.
- several factors may determine the speed of delivery such as the viscosity of fluid 108, the length of travel between actuator 118 and microjet 114, the elasticity of materials used in constructing various components of microjet device 100, etc.
- the velocity of fluid 108 may be between 0.1 m/s and 150 m/s, depending on the application, as discussed more fully below.
- the timing of the signal can be sequential, but is not limited to sequential timing.
- the signal may also control valve 112 to determine the quantity of fluid 108 or duration of the delivery cycle.
- Actuator 118 may be driven by one or more of several different mechanisms including piezoelectric, solenoid, vaporization pressure, etc., as described in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004/0260234.
- Fluid 108 is configured to house a substance to be ejected from microjet 104.
- Fluid 108 may contain one or more therapeutic agents, such as medications, drugs, bio-reactive agents, etc.
- fluid 108 is in a liquid form at the time of injection and may be a drug composition, saline solution, emulsion of drug in fluid media, suspension of drug in fluid media, drug coated liposomes in fluid media, drug or drug coated particulates in fluid media, etc.
- controller 106 may control an array of microjets 114.
- the array of microjets 114 may deliver a larger quantity of a substance 108 across a larger surface area than the single microjet 114 of FIG. 1.
- the array of microjets 114 may also deliver multiple substances and/or deliver substances in a pattern to optimize administration of a particular substance.
- groups of microjets 114, or each microjet 114 may be separately controlled to deliver fluids at different velocities, quantities, or a plurality of fluids.
- microjet 114 may be located at the distal end of an endoscope and/or catheter 140.
- the endoscope and/or catheter 140 allows for manipulation and location of microjet nozzle 114 at to desired target location.
- microjet device lOO't may include a housing 128, an actuator 118, a reservoir 102, catheter and/or endoscope 140, and may be remotely controlled and/or powered.
- Microjet device 100 may also include a piston 104 and a spring 106.
- actuator 118 may be a piezo-electric actuator that drives piston 104 when activated. Piston 104 may then reduce the volume of reservoir 102, causing microjet device 100 to discharge a quantity of fluid 108 contained in reservoir 102 through the nozzle of microjet 114.
- spring 106 may bias actuator 118 and piston 104 together. When actuator 118 is actuated and drives piston 104, piston 104 may continue to travel away from actuator 118 due to the momentum of piston 104. Spring 106 may then return piston 106 to its original position in contact with actuator 118.
- actuator 118 may be bonded to piston 104 such that actuator 118 and piston 104 travel simultaneously during activation of actuator 118.
- the catheter and/or endoscope tubing outer diameter may be any conventional size, and preferably varies from about lmm to about lcm, most preferably from lmm to 3mm.
- the catheter tubing inner diameter may be any conventional size, and preferably varies from about 0.5mm to about 9mm, most preferably from lmm to 5mm.
- the speed of the microjet delivery for catheter and/or endoscope based delivery may be from about lm/s to about 50m/s (in air), and may preferably be from about 1 m/s to about 10 m/s (in air).
- microjet 114 may discharge fluid 108 with a velocity sufficient to disrupt the stratum corneum 130. Adjustments to the velocity may allow fluid 108 to deliver therapeutic agents to the stratum corneum 130, the epidermis 132, the dermis 134, or to tissues below the dermal layer.
- the speed of the microjet delivery across stratum corneum 130 may be from about 1 m/s to about 150 m/s, depending on the desired depth. In some embodiments, the speed may be preferably between 10 m/s and 100 m/s for delivery into the epidermis and/or the dermis. In these embodiments, through control of the velocity of the discharge, therapeutic agents may be delivered with precision to the layer where the therapeutic agent will be most effective.
- the velocity of microjets 114 may be adjusted such that fluid 108 is delivered as droplets onto the skin surface but does not disrupt the stratum corneum. Therapeutic agents in fluid 108 diffuse from the top of the skin surface across the stratum corneum barrier for systemic delivery.
- Figures 6, 7, and 8 show embodiments where an intermediate member 170 is placed on the stratum corneum 130 with subsequent delivery from intermediate member 170. As shown in Figures 6 and 8, some embodiments may include intermediate member 170 protruding into stratum corneum 130 after the stratum corneum 130 is disrupted by microjets 114. Figure 7 shows an embodiment where intermediate member 170 provides fluid 108 to an undisrupted stratum corneum. Figure 8 shows subsequent drug delivery achieved using an ionotophoresis system 172.
- Intermediate member 170 may be pre-medicated, or continuously or periodically loaded with fluid 108 from microjet system 100.
- the speed of the microjet 114 may be from about 0.1 to 5m/s, and preferably from about 0.1 to 0.5m/s (in air).
- Intermediate member 170 may be an absorbent pad placed against the skin surface with a subsequent diffusion of a therapeutic agent from the pad into the body.
- Intermediate member 170 may be a porous polymeric material that is flexible to conform to the body contours. Porex Inc. and Micropore Inc. manufacturer materials suitable for use as intermediate member 170.
- Figures 9-12 show embodiments of the microjet device 100 that may include catheter and/or endoscope 140.
- Catheter and/or endoscope 140 may be used to deliver therapeutic agents strategically and precisely to portions of the body in need of a particular therapeutic agent. Examples of therapeutic agents suitable for precise placement may include anti-clotting agents, drugs for arthroscopic plaque removal, drugs that prevent restinosis after an angiography, anti-cancer therapies, anesthetics, etc.
- Figure 9 shows catheter and/or endoscope 140 delivering fluid 108 directly into the blood stream in blood vessel 138. Fluid 108 may be targeted to a specific location indicated by the X in Figure 9.
- Microjet 114 may deliver pulses of fluid 108 into the vasculature, including arteries and veins.
- the speed of the microjet for vascular delivery may be from about lm/s to about 50m/s (in air), preferably from about 5m/s to about 30m/s, and most preferably from about lOm/s to about 20m/s.
- microjet 114 may also be used to deliver drugs across vascular wall 138 into adjoining tissues.
- the energy of the microjet pulse may be tuned to ensure that microjet 114 creates a micropore on the vascular wall 138 at the delivery site.
- microjet 114 may also delivery fluid 108 into a blood vessel across the vascular wall 138 from outside of the vessel.
- the velocity of microjet 114 may be adjusted to enter the artery or vein but does not damage the vascular wall 138 on the far side of delivery site.
- microjet 114 may be adjusted such that microjet 114 may be placed in contact with vascular wall 138 or adjacent but at a distance away from vascular wall 138.
- the distance between the nozzle of microjet 114 and vascular wall 138 may vary from about 1 to 20mm.
- Figure 12 One example of a method for using the catheter and/or endoscope microjet device 110, is shown in Figure 12.
- microjet 114 is placed in proximity to plaque or clot 168 in blood vessel 138.
- Microjet 114 directs fluid 108 including a therapeutic agent effective to reduce or destroy plaque or clot 168 directly to plaque or clot 168, thereby achieving the desired result of removing or reducing plaque or clot 168, using a minimal amount of therapeutic agent, and causing minimal damage to other body tissues and organs.
- microjet system 100 may deliver therapeutic agents transdermally in response to a signal from an implantable device or sensor 150.
- Implantable device 150 as shown in Figure 13 is located in the thoracic region of the body for illustrative purposes but may be located in any region of the body, including, for example, in the skin under the stratum corneum.
- the communication between implanted device 150 and microjet system 100 may be via wireless means or by means of a conducting wire.
- One example may include an implantable defibrillator or pacemaker as implanted device or sensor 150 and an externally located microjet system 100 for transdermal delivery.
- the implantable defibrillator or pacemaker 150 detects the event and relays the signal to the microjet system 100, which delivers appropriate therapeutic agents.
- therapeutic agents useful in this example may include blood-modifying agents such as heparin and streptokinase, inotropic agents such as dobutamine, dopamine, digoxin and milrinone, etc.
- Implanted device or sensor 150 may be any one of or a combination of an implantable electrode that detects the onset of a central nervous system attack such as seizures, an electrode pair or electrode array implanted in the brain, in the spinal cord, or on other organs that records neural readings, chemical sensors such as cell based biosensors, glucose sensors, protein based biosensors, sensors based on absorbance, emittance or fluorescence of electromagnetic waves, sensors measuring electrical property changes such as but not limited to resistance, capacitance, voltage, and inductance, sensors measuring mass uptake such as but not limited to resonant frequency and resonance damping, miniature pressure sensors or pressure sensors to measure body fluid pressure at a particular location in the body, including blood pressure, intra-cranial pressure in the brain or in the spinal cord, and intra-ocular pressure in the eye, etc.
- a central nervous system attack such as seizures
- an electrode pair or electrode array implanted in the brain in the spinal cord, or on other organs that records neural readings
- chemical sensors such as cell based biosensors,
- microjet system 100 may be implanted in an individual.
- Microjet system 100 may be used for dosing and metering of therapeutic agents including small molecules and macromolecules.
- Microjets 114 may also be used for delivering drugs across biological barriers and into organs.
- implanted microjet device 100 could be used to deliver medications into the heart, stomach, liver, lungs, eyes, pancreas and such organs.
- Implanted microjet device 100 may also be used for site- specific drug delivery such as localized drug delivery into cancerous tissue, such as chemotherapy agents to cancerous tissue which may reduce or eliminate the need for systemic chemotherapy agent delivery, as currently practiced, reducing the undesirable side effects of the chemotherapy agents on healthy tissue.
- recharging implanted microjet system 100 may be accomplished using an external device that generates radio-frequency energy.
- the radio-frequency energy may then be used to charge the battery of implanted microjet system 100.
- Embodiments shown in Figures 16a and 16b may use microjet system 100 to deliver therapeutic agents directly into the central nervous system (CNS).
- Some therapeutic agents that may be delivered using this approach may include those that target the CNS but cannot pass through the blood-brain barrier. Some examples of such therapeutic agents may include dopamine, oncology drugs and psychiatric drugs.
- Microjets 114 may be used to deliver fluid 108 including therapeutic agents to various targets in the CNS as shown in Figure 16b.
- fluid 108 may be delivered to the spinal or cranial meninges 138 for the treatment of local inflammation from meningitis.
- therapeutic agents may be delivered into the intra-thecal space 166 and transported through the entire CNS by the circulating cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) 163.
- CSF cerebro-spinal fluid
- a microjet or an array of microjets may be used at specific spatial locations on the spinal or cranial meninges to address more targeted therapies. This technique may be used to target specific motor or sensory neural tracts on spinal cord 162.
- the velocity of fluid 108 from microjet 114 can be adjusted to determine the injection depth. For example, very high velocities, from about 20 m/s to 100m/s, may be used to deliver therapeutic agents into the CSF 163, or even into the spinal cord 162, while moderate velocities, from about lm/s to 30m/s, may be used to deliver therapeutic agents into the meninges 164 but not into the CSF 163.
- microjet 114 When the nozzle of microjet 114 is placed adjacent to the dura (biological barrier covering the brain and spinal cord) and in contact with the dura, the momentum of fluid 108 may serve to deform the vascular wall and create a micropore in the dura.
- Microjets 114 may also be operated adjacent but at a distance away from the dura -at a distance from about 1 mm to about 20mm.
- Figure 17 shows another embodiment that may use microjets 114 to deliver therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier.
- Microjet 114 may placed inside of or at the distal end of a needle or a catheter that is inserted percutaneously.
- the needle may be made from a rigid polymer or metal while the catheter could be fabricated from flexible polymeric materials.
- the outer diameter of the needle or catheter may be from about 100 ⁇ m to 5 mm, preferably from about 500 ⁇ m to lmm.
- the nozzle of microjet 114 may be placed adjacent to the meninges without penetrating it. When actuated, the high-speed jet penetrates the meninges to deliver drugs to the intra-thecal space 166 that circulates and delivers the therapeutic agent throughout the central nervous system.
- the required velocity of fluid 108 from microjet 114 to penetrate the dura and deliver a target injection depth is the same as discuss with respect to Figures 15a and 15b.
- Figures 18a-20b show embodiments of microjet system 100 delivery to transmucosal and pulmonary tissues via the oral cavity 180 and nasal cavity.
- the nozzle(s) of the microjets 114 may be placed against the mucosal lining in the mouth or the nose, and high speed fluid 108 from the microjet device 100 may penetrate the epithelial barrier and deposit therapeutic agent at a pre-dete ⁇ hined fixed depth just underneath epithelial barrier 182.
- Oral-transmucosal and nasal-transmucosal drug delivery may be an attractive route for delivering both small and large molecules since the oral route is patient preferred, and the epithelium of the mucosa is soft in comparison with the stratum corneum of the skin.
- the mucosal lining is bereft of langerhans cells, reducing the risk of an immune response due to drug delivery.
- oral and nasal transmucosal drug delivery using high-speed microjets has been discussed in detail, this method of drug delivery may be broadly applicable to transmucosal drug delivery in general including and not limited to rectal-transmucosal and vaginal-transmucosal drug delivery.
- Fluid media based microjets liquids, solids suspended in liquids
- solids and powder based microjets delivered at high speeds may be used to overcome the mucosal barrier.
- microjet device based transmucosal therapeutic agent delivery may deposit therapeutic agent microdroplets on the outer layers of the epithelium of the mucosa but not damage or penetrate the epithelium, hi this embodiment microjet device 100 may used for precise volume control and dosing.
- the route of administration includes but is not limited to oral-transmucosal, nasal-transmucosal, rectal-transmucosal and vaginal-transmucosal.
- microjet device 100 may also be used to generate aerosols of drugs that can be inhaled via the mouth 180, as shown in Figures 19a ' and 19b, or via the nose, as shown in Figures 20a and 20b, for delivery into the blood stream via the alveoli of the lungs 186.
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