Patent ID: 8182464
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A61K,A61L,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for administering a drug to a patient, comprising: providing a drug delivery device, the drug delivery device comprising a water-permeable wall that defines an interior reservoir, the interior reservoir housing a solid or semisolid drug formulation, which comprises a drug; releasing the drug delivery device from a deployment lumen into a body cavity of the patient, whereupon exiting the deployment lumen the drug delivery device is changed from a first configuration suited for passage of the drug delivery device through the lumen to a second configuration suited for retaining the drug delivery device within the body cavity; solubilizing the drug formulation with fluid that passes through the water-permeable wall into the interior reservoir; and releasing solubilized drug from the drug delivery device into the body cavity, wherein the method is carried out without an additional procedure to load a pharmaceutical into the drug delivery device after the drug delivery device is released into the body cavity.