Patent ID: 9192572
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A method of applying an active agent to a specific site on a mammalian mucous membrane, the method comprising the steps of: selecting an oral dissolving film comprising a local anesthetic active agent and a coloring agent; identifying a specific area on the mammalian mucous membrane for treatment by the active agent wherein the mucous membrane comprises tissue within an oral cavity; placing the oral dissolving film comprising the local anesthetic active agent and the coloring agent on the identified area; anesthetizing the identified area with the local anesthetic active agent following the placement of the oral dissolving film on the identified area; dissolving the oral dissolving film essentially in its entirety; generating a visual indicator on the identified area of the mammalian mucous membrane with the coloring agent wherein the visual indicator remains on the mucous membrane following the dissolving of the oral dissolving film essentially in its entirety; and treating the area on the mammalian mucous membrane comprising the visual indicator, wherein the treating the mammalian mucous membrane comprising the visual indicator includes an injection into the mammalian mucous membrane.