Developing an efficient and reliable dry powder inhaler for pulmonary drug delivery–a review for multidisciplinary researchers

N Islam, MJ Cleary - Medical engineering & physics, 2012 - Elsevier
Pulmonary drug delivery is the focus of much research and development because of its
great potential to produce maximum therapeutic benefit. Among the available options the dry …

Airway geometry, airway flow, and particle measurement methods: implications on pulmonary drug delivery

A Kourmatzis, S Cheng, HK Chan - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The effectiveness of drug delivery to the lungs is inextricably linked to the
fundamental interactions that occur between particles and flow in the extrathoracic airway …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid characterisation of the inherent dispersibility of respirable powders using dry dispersion laser diffraction

S Jaffari, B Forbes, E Collins, DJ Barlow… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Understanding and controlling powder de-agglomeration is of great importance in the
development of dry powder inhaler (DPI) products. Dry dispersion laser diffraction measures …

Large porous particles for respiratory drug delivery. Glycine-based formulations

AG Ogienko, EG Bogdanova, NA Trofimov… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Large porous particles are becoming increasingly popular as carriers for pulmonary drug
delivery with both local and systemic applications. These particles have high geometric …

Development of a high efficiency dry powder inhaler: effects of capsule chamber design and inhaler surface modifications

SRB Behara, DR Farkas, M Hindle… - Pharmaceutical …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose The objective of this study was to explore the performance of a high efficiency dry
powder inhaler (DPI) intended for excipient enhanced growth (EEG) aerosol delivery based …

Modeling the performance of carrier-based dry powder inhalation formulations: Where are we, and how to get there?

MMA Elsayed, AO Shalash - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of carrier-based dry powder inhalation formulations follows till date
empirical approaches. This is mainly underlain by numerousness of interplaying …

A new role of fine excipient materials in carrier-based dry powder inhalation mixtures: effect on deagglomeration of drug particles during mixing revealed

AO Shalash, MMA Elsayed - AAPS PharmSciTech, 2017 - Springer
The potential of fine excipient materials to improve the performance of carrier-based dry
powder inhalation mixtures is well acknowledged. The mechanisms underlying this potential …

Development of a rational design space for optimizing mixing conditions for formation of adhesive mixtures for dry-powder inhaler formulations

S Sarkar, B Minatovicz, K Thalberg… - Journal of pharmaceutical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of the present study was to develop guidance toward rational choice of
blenders and processing conditions to make robust and high performing adhesive mixtures …

Importance of particle size and shape on the tensile strength distribution and de-agglomeration of cohesive powders

SC Das, SRB Behara, DAV Morton, I Larson… - Powder technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of the study was to understand the role of particle size and shape
changes in modifying agglomerate strength distribution and de-agglomeration of cohesive …

Powder strength distributions for understanding de-agglomeration of lactose powders

SC Das, SRB Behara, JB Bulitta, DAV Morton… - Pharmaceutical …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The purpose was to calculate distributions of powder strength of a cohesive bed to
explain the de-agglomeration of lactose. Methods De-agglomeration profiles of Lactohale …