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

Claim 9:
10. A method of administering to a peroneal and a tibial nerve of a human patient a pharmaceutical composition for post-operative analgesia, the method comprising:
a) selecting an entry point of an injection needle in a leg in a patient;
b) advancing a needle tip of the injection needle within a region where the sciatic nerve splits into the peroneal and tibial nerves of the patient along a trajectory that extends between the entry point and where the sciatic nerve splits into the peroneal and tibial nerves;
c) administering to said region through the injection needle 133 mg of a pharmaceutical composition;
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 to the peroneal and the tibial nerve of the human patient the pharmaceutical composition for post-operative analgesia.