Influence of mouthpiece geometry on the aerosol delivery performance of a dry powder inhaler

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1450-1456

  Coates, Matthew S ^a,b,c   Chan, Hak Kim ^b   Fletcher, David F ^a   Chiou, Herbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Dry powder aerosols; Dry powder inhaler (DPI); Mouthpiece geometry; Pulmonary drug delivery

Indexed keywords

AEROLIZER; MANNITOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEVICE; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRY POWDER; GEOMETRY; INHALER; MOUTHPIECE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; HUMANS; MANNITOL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; POWDERS; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 34250840026     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9262-z     Document Type: Article

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