Patent ID: 8499966

Claim:
A method, comprising: inserting a distal end portion of a housing of a device into a mouth, the device configured to deliver a bioadhesive, small-volume, solid drug tablet containing a dosage of sufentanil; moving an end portion of a delivery member to a first stopped position within a delivery passage defined by the housing, a distal end portion of the housing defining an exit opening and a tablet cartridge channel, a surface of the delivery member positioned to prevent movement of the drug tablet from the tablet cartridge channel to the delivery passage when the end portion of the delivery member is in the first stopped position; moving the end portion of the delivery member in a proximal direction to a second position within the delivery passage such that the tablet cartridge channel is in communication with the delivery passage; conveying the drug tablet into the delivery passage via the tablet cartridge channel; and moving the end portion of the delivery member in a distal direction to a third position within the delivery passage to convey the drug tablet through the exit opening.