METHODS FOR REDUCING PAIN AND DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61M11/06 A61K31/167 A61P23/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine, and may be used in treating the patients suffering headaches and facial pains. There are presented versions of a drug delivery device comprising an injector a first end of which is left outside patient's nasal passages. Another end of the injector comprises one or more holes for spraying a drug upwards, and/or to the side, and/or to the front towards a sphenopalatine ganglion, an input device interacting with a patient's nostril and comprising a canal for receiving the injector. Additionally, the device can comprise a handle connected to the input device and provided for receiving the canal of the input device. The injector can move between a storage position before the interaction, and an interaction position related to the interaction. There are also presented versions of the method of using the above device that involve introducing the injector through the nasal passage into median and/or posterior and/or inferior region in relation to the patient's sphenopalatine ganglion, and spraying the drug.

EFFECT: group of inventions provides faster and more effective headache and facial pain relief by safe and accurate drug delivery of the therapeutic substances blocking the sphenopalatine ganglion.

49 cl, 4 dwg, 30 ex