A drug delivery system uses an electrically sensitive polymer to store a
drug and applies an electric field onto the electrically sensitive
polymer for quantitatively and temporally controlled drug delivery. In
one embodiment, the drug delivery system is part of a cardiac rhythm
management (CRM) system that includes an implantable CRM device and an
implantable drug delivery device. The implantable CRM device delivers
electrical therapies to a heart and controls the implantable drug
delivery device by producing the electrical field with controllable
amplitude, frequency, and timing.