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The right time and the right place: the concepts and concerns of drug delivery systems
1Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
Medical Device Technology
|February 6, 1998
Abstract:
The distinction between active drugs and active biomaterials is being gradually eroded. One of the areas where the interface between drugs and devices needs greater clarity is controlled delivery of drugs by materials and this article discusses the basic mechanisms that are involved.