Production of Inhalable Ultra-Small Particles for Delivery of Anti-Inflammation Medicine via a Table-Top Microdevice

A table-top microdevice was introduced in this work to produce ultrasmall particles for drug delivery via inhalation. The design and operation are similar to that of spray-drying equipment used in industry, but the device itself is much smaller and more portable in size, simpler to operate and more...

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Published in:Micromachines (Basel) 2022-08, Vol.13 (9), p.1382
Main Authors: Owen, Matthew J, Celik, Umit, Chaudhary, Subash K, Yik, Jasper H. N, Patton, John S, Kuo, Mei-chang, Haudenschild, Dominik R, Liu, Gang-yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical precipitation
Chemical properties
Coronaviruses
COVID
COVID-19
Cyclones
Droplets
Drug delivery systems
drug release
Drugs
Drying
Efficiency
Ethanol
Flavopiridol
Inflammation
inhalable particles
Laboratories
Lung cancer
Medical research
Microparticles
Portable equipment
pulmonary delivery
R&D
Research & development
Respiration
Scanning electron microscopy
Spectrum analysis
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
Vehicles
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Summary:A table-top microdevice was introduced in this work to produce ultrasmall particles for drug delivery via inhalation. The design and operation are similar to that of spray-drying equipment used in industry, but the device itself is much smaller and more portable in size, simpler to operate and more economical. More importantly, the device enables more accurate control over particle size. Using Flavopiridol, an anti-inflammation medication, formulations have been developed to produce inhalable particles for pulmonary delivery. A solution containing the desired components forms droplets by passing through an array of micro-apertures that vibrate via a piezo-electrical driver. High-purity nitrogen gas was introduced and flew through the designed path, which included the funnel collection and cyclone chamber, and finally was pumped away. The gas carried and dried the micronized liquid droplets along the pathway, leading to the precipitation of dry solid microparticles. The formation of the cyclone was essential to assure the sufficient travel path length of the liquid droplets to allow drying. Synthesis parameters were optimized to produce microparticles, whose morphology, size, physio-chemical properties, and release profiles met the criteria for inhalation. Bioactivity assays have revealed a high degree of anti-inflammation. The above-mentioned approach enabled the production of inhalable particles in research laboratories in general, using the simple table-top microdevice. The microparticles enable the inhalable delivery of anti-inflammation medicine to the lungs, thus providing treatment for diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis and COVID-19.
ISSN:2072-666X
2072-666X
DOI:10.3390/mi13091382