Patent ID: 9486543
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61K

Claim Text:
1. A device for relieving pain during a procedure on a specific area of a mammalian mucous membrane, the device comprising: an oral dissolving film comprising a non-toxic film of a suitable size and shape to be placed on the specific area of the mammalian mucous membrane in a mammalian oral cavity and which dissolves essentially in its entirety as a result of contact with secretions from the mucous membrane in the mammalian oral cavity; a local anesthetic active agent combined with the oral dissolving film such that the local anesthetic active agent comes into contact with the specific area of the mammalian mucous membrane in the mammalian oral cavity as the oral dissolving film dissolves and thereby treats a situs to receive the procedure; and a coloring agent also combined with the oral dissolving film such that the coloring agent comes into contact with tissue in the specific area of the mammalian mucous membrane in the mammalian oral cavity as the oral dissolving film dissolves on the mammalian mucous membrane.