Drug Delivery Devices and Therapeutic Systems

1. Introduction to microfluidics

2. Introduction to Microfabrication techniques for Microfluidics devices

3. Micropumps for drug delivery

4. Lab-on-a-chip: systems integration at the microscale

5. Intravenous port: from concepts to clinical application

6. Coronary drug-eluting stents: still room for improvement?

7. Implantable drug delivery devices

8. Subcutaneous Drug Delivery Devices – Enablers of a Flexible Care Setting

9. Automated Insulin Delivery Systems for People with Type 1 Diabetes

10. Needle-free injectors

11. A current update on advanced drug delivery devices for nasal and pulmonary administration

12. Nanoparticles / Nano platform to carry and deliver the drug molecules to the target site

13. External stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems

14. Encapsulation methods of active molecules for drug delivery

15. Introduction to transdermal drug delivery system

16. MEMS-based Hollow Microneedles for Transdermal Drug Delivery

17. Microneedle technology

18. Dissolvable – soluble or biodegradable polymers

19. Biodegradable Hydrogels

20. Drug delivery systems in cancer therapy

21. Pain Management - Chronic Back Pain Intrathecal Drug Pump

22. Diabetes type I and type II - insulin delivery systems

23. Drug Delivery for Parkinson’s disease

24. Ocular drug delivery systems

25. Drug delivery systems for cardiovascular ailments

26. New developments in intrauterine drug delivery systems and devices

27. Intranasal delivery of antiseizure drugs

Drug Delivery Devices and Therapeutic Systems examines the current technology and innovations moving drug delivery systems (DDS) forward. The book provides an overview on the therapeutic use of drug delivery devices, including design, applications, and a description of the design of each device. While other books focus on the therapy, the primary emphasis in this book is on current technologies for DDS applications, including microfluidics, nanotechnology, biodegradable hydrogel and microneedles, with a special emphasis on wearable DDS.

As part of the Developments in Biomedical Engineering and Bioelectronics series, this book is written by experts in the field and informed with information directly from manufacturers. Pharmaceutical scientists, medical researchers, biomedical engineers and clinical professionals will find this an essential reference.

• Provides essential information on the most recent drug delivery systems available
• Explains current technology and its applications to drug delivery
• Contains contributions from biomedical engineers, pharmaceutical scientists and manufacturers

Pharmaceutical scientists, academic researchers, research scientists and graduate students in universities and in industry