Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Towards New Frontiers in Patient Care
Published on 19. January 2016
X, 100 pages
978-3-319-02288-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of controlled drug delivery systems, covering the most important innovative applications. The principles of controlled drug release and the mechanisms involved in controlled release are clearly explained. The various existing polymeric drug delivery systems are reviewed, and new frontiers in material design are examined in detail, covering a wide range of polymer modification techniques. The concluding chapter is a case study focusing on use of a drug-eluting stent. The book is designed to provide the reader with a complete understanding of the mechanisms and design of controlled drug delivery systems, and to this end includes numerous step-by-step tutorials. It illustrates how chemical engineers can advance medical care by designing polymeric delivery systems that achieve either temporal or spatial control of drug delivery and thus ensure more effective therapy that eliminates the potential for both under- and overdosing.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
X, 100 p. 50 illus. in color.
File size
4,38 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-02288-8 (9783319022888)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-02288-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Filippo Rossi | Giuseppe Perale | Maurizio Masi
Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Towards New Frontiers in Patient Care
Book
02/2016
Springer
€58.84
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Content
Introduction: chemical engineering and medicine.- Principles of controlled drug release: a mass transport
matter.- Overview on polymeric drug
delivery systems.- Device design:
functional polymers for drug delivery.- Case
study: drug eluting stent.
