Patent ID: 8202531

Claim:
A drug depot implantable at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin of a patient, the drug depot being biodegradable and comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug and one or more channels adapted to receive one or more sutures so as to limit movement of the drug depot at or near the target tissue site, the drug being distributed homogenously throughout the drug depot and having a particle size of about 1 micrometer to about 250 micrometers, wherein (i) the drug depot is capable of releasing the therapeutically effective amount of the drug over a period of at least one day, and (ii) the suture is biodegradable and further comprises a first region comprising a knot, bead, tab or clip having a larger diameter than the one or more channels that prevents the first region of the suture from passing through the one or more channels and a second region comprising a knot, bead, tab or clip having a larger diameter than the one or more channels that upon application of a pulling force, the second region of the suture pulls through the one or more channels to limit movement of the drug depot.