Particle size and shape effects in medical syringe needles: Experiments and simulations for polymer microparticle injection

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1975-1983

  Whitaker, Mark A ^a   Langston, Paul ^a   Naylor, Andrew ^b   Azzopardi, Barry J ^a   Howdle, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Critical Pharmaceuticals Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT MODELS; DISTRIBUTED PARTICLES; DRUG DELIVERY PROCESS; GLASS SPHERES; MICRO PARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE;

DRUG DELIVERY; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SYRINGES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; HEMISPHERE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYRINGE;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; NEEDLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SYRINGES;

EID: 80051688495     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-011-4359-7     Document Type: Article

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