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US 11,452,850 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for delivering a drug
OwnerGrayson Matthew Gremillioninventor
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Abstract
In the specification and drawings a method and apparatus for delivering a drug into a nasal turbinate or nasal polyp is described and shown, which can include implanting a drug eluting implant into a nasal turbinate or nasal polyp; and leaving the drug eluting material in the nasal turbinate or nasal polyp for at least one day such that a drug is released from the drug eluting implant over a period of time.
Claims10
A method for delivering a drug into nasal tissue comprising:
- a) placing a monolithic drug eluting implant into a needle of a syringe, wherein the implant is between about 3 inches and about 6 inches in length;
- b) inserting the needle at an anterior end of a nasal turbinate;
- c) inserting the needle into a submucosal plane of the turbinate;
- d) implanting the monolithic drug eluting implant into the submucosal plane of the turbinate;
- and
- e) withdrawing the needle from the turbinate,
- wherein the monolithic drug eluting implant is present in the nasal turbinate for at least one month.
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A method for delivering a drug into nasal tissue comprising:
- a) implanting a monolithic drug eluting implant into a nasal turbinate;
- and
- b) leaving the monolithic drug eluting implant in the nasal turbinate for at least one month,
- wherein the monolithic drug eluting implant is between about 3 inches and about 6 inches in length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.