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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Thomas A. Simonton, Memphis, TN (US);
Sean M. Haddock, Memphis, TN (US);
John Myers Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
William F. Mckay, Memphis, TN (US);
Thomas A. Simonton, Memphis, TN (US);
Sean M. Haddock, Memphis, TN (US);
John Myers Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
William F. McKay, Memphis, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Drug depot delivery devices and methods are provided for delivering one or more drug depots to one or more sites beneath the skin of a patient with or without repositioning the cannula. The device has a cannula capable of insertion to the site beneath the skin of the patient and one or more side port openings for delivering a drug depot. The side port openings are spaced a distance from the blunt tip, which will allow the user to implant at a set distance from a nerve. The device may also include an electronic monitor for detecting the proximity of the tip of the cannula to a nerve. In some embodiments, a method of delivering a drug depot is provided by detecting the nerve and delivering the drug depot at or near the nerve.