Patent ID: 9132194
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A medical device implantable at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin of a patient, the medical device comprising a sheet having a region including one or more channels, holes, grooves or slits configured to receive a drug depot, the drug depot including loops, hooks, eyelets, barbs, posts, tabs and/or clips corresponding to the one or more channels, holes grooves or slits of the region such that the drug depot lies fixed within the region of the sheet prior to implantation of the medical device, the drug depot having at least one surface configured to release a therapeutically effective amount of the drug over a period of at least one day, wherein the sheet comprises adhesive on at least one surface thereof, the adhesive being spaced apart from the drug depot and configured to limit movement of the drug depot at or near the target tissue site upon contact with tissue and wherein the sheet and the drug depot are biodegradable and the drug depot degrades slower than the sheet.