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Effect of ultrasound on the release of micro-encapsulated drugs
P J Frinking1, A Bouakaz, N de Jong
1Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. frinking@tch.fgg.eur.nl
Ultrasonics
|July 4, 1998
Abstract:
Although ultrasound is used extensively in medical therapies and diagnostics, it has been recognized only recently as a method for external controlled diversity of drugs. In this paper, firstly, a literature review on drug delivery and the combination with ultrasound is given. Then an experiment is described on measuring the release of a model drug (hexabrix) under ultrasound irradiation, from a polymer carrier.