Implant pellets and method using same
AssigneeGanado Technologies Corp.
InventorsStephen E. Bachman, Michael E. Hubbert
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Abstract
A system comprising a plurality of implantable pellets, wherein one such implantable pellet delivers localized, controlled and sustained release of a predetermined quantity of one or more pain relief agents, in optional combination with one or more anti-inflammatory agents, one or more polymeric excipients, and/or one or more surfactants. An anesthetic/analgesic pellet is used in combination with one or more pharmaceutical pellets as part of a single procedure to provide desired a pharmaceutical to the animal while simultaneously alleviating pain and, optionally, inflammation at the injection site.
Claims21
A method to reduce pain at the site of a subdermal implantation of one or more pharmaceutical pellets, comprising:
- implanting in an animal a pharmaceutical pellet;
- and
- implanting in said animal a pain relief pellet comprising between about 5 weight percent and a about 95 weight percent of one or more pain relief agents and between about 3 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of one or more surfactants, wherein said pain relief pellet is disposed adjacent said pharmaceutical pellet.
A method to adjust the in vivo rate of release of one or more pain relief agents from an implanted pellet, comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more implantable pellets comprising one or more pain relief agents in combination with a first surfactant, wherein said first surfactant is present at a first weight percentage;
- adjusting said first weight percentage;
- and
- implanting in an animal said one or more implantable pellets.
A method to adjust the delivery of one or more pharmaceutical compositions released from one or more implanted pharmaceutical pellets, comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more first implantable pellets comprising one or more pharmaceutical compositions;
- providing one or more second implantable pellets comprising one or more pain relief compositions in combination with a first surfactant, wherein said first surfactant is present at a first weight percentage;
- adjusting said first weight percentage;
- implanting one or more of said first pellets in an animal;
- and
- implanting in said animal one or more of said second pellets, wherein at least one of said one or more second pellets is disposed adjacent at least one of said one or more first pellets.
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