Patent ID: 8876758
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A61K,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of improving dosing compliance, and reducing dosing cost, comprising: (a) actuating a needle-free injector to inject a drug formulation through skin of a patient and into the patient; and (b) allowing the formulation injected in step (a) to provide sustained release of the drug to the patient, wherein (c) the formulation is characterized by a volume of 0.05 mL to 1.5 mL and a viscosity of 100 cS or more at 20° C.; (d) the injection of step (a) into the patient occurring over a period of one second or less; and (e) the needle-free injector comprising a channel, and a single exit opening with a ratio of channel length to exit opening diameter of less than ten.