Patent ID: 11904123
Assignee: TARIS BIOMEDICAL LLC
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. An intravesical drug delivery device comprising:
an elongated body having a first end, an opposed second end, and an intermediate portion between the first and second ends,
wherein the elongated body comprises:
a first lumen extending through the intermediate portion in a direction between the first and second ends and which contains a drug, and
a second lumen extending through the intermediate portion in a direction between the first and second ends and which contains a first silicone cured to bias the elongated body in a coiled retention shape, such that the device is elastically deformable between a relatively straightened shape suited for insertion of the device through a urethra and into the urinary bladder of a patient and the coiled retention shape which is suited to retain the device within the urinary bladder,
wherein the drug in the first lumen is in a matrix system in which the drug is dispersed in a second silicone, wherein the second silicone has a lower durometer value than the first silicone.