Development of a nasal cast model to test medicinal nasal devices

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1013-1022

  Hughes, R ^a   Watterson, J ^a   Dickens, C ^b   Ward, D ^b   Banaszek, A ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Wolverton Mill South ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

in vitro testing capability; medicinal nasal devices; nasal cast model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL PROCESS; CAST MODELS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; HUMAN NASAL AIRWAY; HUMAN NASAL CAVITY; IN-VITRO; LABORATORY TESTING; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL DRUG DELIVERY; TEST APPARATUS; ANALYTICAL METHOD DEVELOPMENT; IN-VITRO TESTING; MEDICINAL NASAL DEVICES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DELIVERY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; DEPOSITION; MANUFACTURE;

MATERIALS TESTING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NEBULIZER; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AEROSOLS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NASAL CAVITY; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 58149293366     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM423     Document Type: Article

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