DocumentCode
2420684
Title
A Drug Delivery System Based on Polymer Nanotubes
Author
Koombua, Kittisak ; Pidaparti, Ramana M. ; Tepper, Gary C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA
fYear
2007
fDate
16-19 Jan. 2007
Firstpage
785
Lastpage
787
Abstract
A generic drug delivery system based on polymer nanotubes was design. Polymer nanotube bundles were used as drug delivery channels within a device. Because this device is very small and biocompatible, it can be implanted at any specific infectious location. The drug diffusion within the device was analyzed using the finite element method and the diffusion rate was calculated using Fick´s law. The results showed the possibility of using this polymer-nanotube device as a drug delivery system that can provide a constant delivery rate and target a specific location.
Keywords
drug delivery systems; finite element analysis; nanotubes; polymers; Fick´s law; biocompatible; drug delivery system; drug diffusion; finite element method; polymer nanotubes; zero-order release; Aerosols; Control systems; Design engineering; Drug delivery; Equations; Medical treatment; Nanotubes; Needles; Polymers; Reservoirs; Controlled drug delivery syste; drug delivery device; polymer nanotubes; zero-order release;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 2007. NEMS '07. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bangkok
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0610-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEMS.2007.352134
Filename
4160437
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