Highly reproducible powder aerosolisation for lung delivery using powder-specific electromechanical vibration

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-585

  Crowder, Timothy M ^a  

^a Oriel Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Active dry powder inhaler; Powder flow characterisation

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FORMOTEROL; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LACTOSE; POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRY POWDER; FLOW; HUMAN; METERED DOSE INHALER; POWDER INHALER; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIBRATION;

AEROSOLS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; POWDERS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; VIBRATION;

EID: 28044450632     PISSN: 17425247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17425247.2.3.579     Document Type: Article

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