Patent ID: 6969525

Claim:
A method of administering a medication to a post operative patient with the medication being administered at the site of a surgery performed on the patient, comprising: incorporating the medication in a time release capsule for the medication to be dispensed within the body over a period of time; covering the capsule with a coating dissolved within the body, the medication being released when the covering is sufficiently dissolved to expose the medication, and, placing a plurality of capsules having different thicknesses of coating in the patient's body at the surgery site during the surgery for the medication contained therein to be dispensed into the patient's body at different periods of time after the surgery as a function of the thickness of a capsule's coating, the dosages contained in respective capsules varying with capsules having a higher dosage of medication having a thinner coating than those capsules having a thicker coating whereby a capsule containing a higher dosage of medication releases its medication into the patient's body sooner after the surgery than a capsule with a thicker coating and a lower dosage of medication, and the patient receives medication over a prolonged period of time.