Means for providing instant agent from agent dispensing system

Claim 1

A dispensing system for delivering a beneficial agent formulation to an environment of use, the dispensing system comprising: (a) a first means for delivering continously a beneficial agent formulation to an environment of use, said first means comprising: (1) a first wall that maintains its physical and chemical integrity in the environment of use and comprising in at least a part a polymeric composition permeable to the passage of fluid present in the environment of use, which wall surrounds and defines; (2) a compartment; (3) a beneficial agent in the compartment; and, (4) exit means in the wall for continuously delivering the beneficial agent formulation from the first means to the environment of use over a prolonged period of time; and, (b) a second means for making a beneficial agent formulation instantly available to the environment of use, said second means comprising: (1) a second wall comprising a composition that loses its physical and chemical integrity in the environment of use for instantly making a beneficial agent formulation available to the environment of use, which wall telescopically caps, surrounds and encloses a portion of the first means and forms; (2) a lumen between the first means and the second means formed by the telescopically capped arrangement; and, (3) a beneficial agent formulation in the lumen available by the telescopically capped second wall losing its physical and chemical integrity in the environment of use for instant delivery of said beneficial agent by the second means to the environment of use.