Patent ID: 11957654
Assignee: nan
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method of treating Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in a subject in need thereof, comprising
using an apparatus comprising a needle syringe containing a composition comprising a cytotoxic or cytostatic drug, a bioabsorbable copolymer, and a water soluble solvent capable of dissolving the drug and copolymer, wherein the composition has an absolute viscosity, P, and the needle syringe has a needle length L with inner diameter D; and
dispensing a plurality of unit volumes, v, of the composition at a respective plurality of different locations in the prostate using the needle syringe;
wherein a unit volume is from 0.05 ml to 0.2 ml;
wherein the plurality of unit volumes is equal to a total volume for treating BPH;
and wherein the apparatus has a KIR of between 10 to 300 or 40 to 400 and KIR is defined as, KIR
  =
  
   
    
     μ
     ⁢
     
      L
      2
     
    
    vD
   
   ⁢
   
    
     (
     
      10
      
       -
       6
      
     
     )
    
    .