Temperature-sensitive polymers for drug delivery

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-351

  Fitzpatrick, Scott D ^a   Fitzpatrick, Lindsay E ^b   Thakur, Ajit ^a   Mazumder, Mohammad A Jafar ^a,c   Sheardown, Heather ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

drug delivery; intelligent polymers; lower critical solution temperature; N isopropylacrylamide; smart polymers; sustained release; targeted; temperature sensitive; thermoresponsive

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT POLYMERS; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; SMART POLYMERS; SUSTAINED RELEASE; TARGETED; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS;

POLYMERS;

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; COPOLYMER; ELASTIN LIKE POLYPEPTIDE; ETHYL(HYDROXYETHYL)CELLULOSE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; METHYLCELLULOSE; PLURONICS; POLOXAMER; POLY(2 ETHYL 2 OXAZOLINE); POLY(2 ISOPROPYL 2 OXAZOLINE); POLY(EPSILON CAPROLACTONE) POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) POLY(EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLY(ETHOXYPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N ETHYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(N VINYL CAPROLACTAM); POLY(N VINYLCAPROLACTAM); POLY(N,N DIETHYLACRYLAMIDE); POLY(VINYL METHYL ETHER); POLY[2 (2 METHOXYETHOXY)ETHYL METHACRYLATE CO OLIGO(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)METHACRYLATE]; POLY[N (3 METHOXYPROPYL)ACRYLAMIDE]; POLY[N,N BIS(2 METHOXYETHYL)ACRYLAMIDE]; POLY[OLIGO(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)METHACRYLATE]; POLYMACON; POLYMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLOGLUCAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; COVALENT BOND; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; CROSS LINKING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE;

DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865455030     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.24     Document Type: Article

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