Patent ID: 9095553
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting at least one air bubble in at least one component of an implantable osmotic drug delivery device, wherein the implantable osmotic drug delivery device comprises a suspension formulation, a semipermeable membrane, an osmotic engine, a piston, a diffusion moderator, and a reservoir, the reservoir comprising titanium, the method comprising: X-raying the implantable osmotic drug delivery device under conditions sufficient to detect the at least one air bubble if present, so as to determine or verify prior to implantation of the implantable osmotic drug delivery device, during a period of implantation of the implantable osmotic drug delivery device, or after explantation of the implantable osmotic drug delivery device at least one of: