Patent ID: 8702677

Claim:
A device for directional placement of a drug depot at a delivery site beneath the skin of a patient, the device comprising: a cannula having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the cannula having an opening to receive the drug depot, the distal end of the cannula capable of insertion to the delivery site beneath the skin of the patient and having a plurality of side port openings for passage of the drug depot, wherein the proximal end further comprises an index marker to provide a visual indicator to a user of a location of the plurality of side port openings, wherein the cannula comprises a plurality of chambers for holding a plurality of drug depots, the plurality of chambers aligned with the plurality of side port openings for drug depot delivery; a housing having a coupling means for coupling the proximal end of the cannula to the housing and a storage component configured for storing the drug depot; and a plunger having a handle and a tip adapted for dispensing the drug depot, wherein the tip of the plunger is slidably receivable within each of the housing, storage component and the cannula to deliver the drug depot out the side port opening to the delivery site beneath the skin of the patient and the tip of the plunger has a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the housing, the storage component and the cannula, and the distal end of the cannula comprises a blunt tip.