| abstract |
A drug delivery device (10) for delivering a predetermined drug dose to a body region of an individual, the drug delivery device comprising (a) a reservoir being for containing a liquid preparation of a drug; (b) a drug delivery element being for delivery of the liquid preparation into the body region; and (c) a drug delivery mechanism being capable of fluid communication with one of the reservoir and the drug delivery element at a given time, such that when activated, the drug delivery mechansim cycles through a mode of acquisition of a quantity of the liquid preparation from the reservoir and a subsequent mode of expulsion of the quantity of the liquid preparation acquired from the reservoir, through the drug delivery element into the body region, wherein the predetermined drug dose is delivered by a predetermined number of the cycles. |