Patent ID: 11918565
Assignee: PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of administering postsurgical regional analgesia to a foot in a patient, the method comprising:
a) selecting an entry point of an injection needle in a leg of the patient;
b) inserting the injection needle into the leg of the patient at the entry point;
c) administering to the patient 133 mg of a pharmaceutical composition within a sciatic nerve sheath;
wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises multivesicular liposomes comprising:, at least one amphipathic lipid, at least one neutral lipid, and bupivacaine phosphate, wherein the bupivacaine phosphate is encapsulated within the multivesicular liposome,
thereby administering postsurgical regional analgesia to a foot in the patient.