In vitro performance testing of the novel Medspray® wet aerosol inhaler based on the principle of Rayleigh break-up

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1186-1192

  De Boer, Anne H ^a   Wissink, Jeroen ^b   Hagedoorn, Paul ^a   Heskamp, Iwan ^b   De Kruijf, Wilbur ^b   Bünder, Ralf ^c   Zanen, Pieter ^d   Munnik, Paul ^d   Van Rijn, Cees ^e   Frijlink, Henderik W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Medspray   (Netherlands)

^c Aero Pump ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e AQUAMARIJN MICRO FILTRATION B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic particle sizer; Laser diffraction technique; Monodisperse aerosol; Pulmonary drug delivery; Rayleigh break up; Wet nebulisation

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

AEROSOL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER DIFFRACTION; METERED DOSE INHALER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AEROSOLS; ALBUTEROL; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 42049105591     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-007-9503-1     Document Type: Article

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