Abstract: An apparatus is provided for facilitating intranasal treatment of a patient's sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess. The apparatus includes an intranasal spray delivery device configured to contain a spray composition, atomize the spray composition, and deliver the atomized spray composition to the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of the patient. In certain examples, the spray composition includes about 2.5% lidocaine and about 0.10% maltoside. A method is also provided and includes providing, in a solution, about 2.5% lidocaine, providing, in the solution, about 0.10% maltoside, and placing the solution in an intranasal spray delivery device configured to contain the solution and deliver the solution to the sphenopalatine/pterygopalatine recess of the patient.

Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for pain treatment in which a medication is delivered with good localization to the SPG and to the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve—known a V2. A treating physician uses a drug delivery device to insert a delivery catheter into nostril of a patient lying supine and orient the catheter with respect to the SPG and V2. The physician operates a mechanism on the catheter to express the medication and allows for gravity-influenced transport to bring the medication to the SPG and V2.