Design Project on CONTROLLED-RELEASE DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES: Implementation, Management, and Learning Experiences

摘要

Over the years, the engineering application of transport phenomena has contributed to research advances in various biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies. Transport processes are important factors in the design and operation of biomedical devices used for sensing, diagnosing, or imaging purposes, as well as applications including drug and gene delivery, biological signal transduction, and tissue engineering. Drug delivery is an emerging field in which chemical engineers have had a major impact, particularly for controlled delivery of pharmaceutical drugs to specific target sites. It has been projected that the demand for drug delivery systems in the United States will expand more than 10% annually to $132 billion in 2012.Growth opportunities for drug delivery systems extend into all therapeutic classes of pharmaceuticals and encompass a wide range of compounds and formulations.