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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Danielle L. Clay, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Lloyd Snyder, Collierville, TN (US);
Jeffrey A. Soucia, Germantown, TN (US);
Michael Merves, Collierville, TN (US);
Antonio Belton, Richton Park, IL (US);
Sean Corrigan, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith Grider, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Honsing Lau, Chicago, IL (US);
Derek Leatzow, Chicago, IL (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments of a device, a kit and method for delivering a drug depot are disclosed. The device comprises a housing including a lower body, an upper body, a ring member; and a drug cartridge. The lower body defines a lower body channel. The upper body defines an upper body channel. The drug cartridge defines a depot channel. The ring member is disposed extending upward from an annular step surface of the lower body toward a housing upper end. The ring member includes indicia indicating a characteristic of one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge. A plunger has a push rod for expelling the drug depot through the cannula to a site in the patient. A kit comprises the above components. A method includes assembling the components including selecting a ring member having indicia corresponding to one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge.