Patent ID: 8231588
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A device for delivering a medicament to a patient in need thereof, the device comprising: an injector comprising an introducer configured for engagement into a nostril of the patient and comprising a passageway configured for receiving the injector; wherein the injector is moveable—relative to the introducer—between a storage position preceding the engagement and an engaging position pursuant to the engagement, where said engagement position is different from the storage position as the injector is extended outward from the introducer; and wherein the engaging position is configured such that the second end of the injector is situated medial and/or posterior and/or inferior to a sphenopalatine ganglion of a patient; wherein the second end of the injector comprises one or a plurality of apertures configured for dispersing a medicament superiorly and/or laterally and/or anteriorly towards the sphenopalatine ganglion; and wherein the injector comprises a channel that extends from the first end to the one or a plurality of apertures at the second end and that is configured to receive a medicament and to communicate the medicament to the one or a plurality of apertures.