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Controlled Drug Delivery Systems

Towards New Frontiers in Patient Care

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Filippo Rossi

    1. Dep. of Chem., Materials & Chem. Engg, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  2. Giuseppe Perale

    1. Innovative Technologies, SUPSI, Manno, Switzerland

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  3. Maurizio Masi

    1. Dep. of Chem., Materials & Chem. Engg, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

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  • Explains recent and innovative designs and applications
  • Provides the reader with a complete understanding of the mechanisms involved
  • Includes numerous step-by-step tutorials that will help the reader to learn quickly
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Chemical Engineering and Medicine

    • Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale, Maurizio Masi
    Pages 1-7

  3. Principles of Controlled Drug Release: A Mass Transport Matter

    • Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale, Maurizio Masi
    Pages 9-33

  4. Overview on Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems

    • Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale, Maurizio Masi
    Pages 35-59

  5. Device Design: Functional Polymers for Drug Delivery

    • Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale, Maurizio Masi
    Pages 61-81

  6. Case Study: Drug Eluting Stent

    • Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale, Maurizio Masi
    Pages 83-100
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This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of controlled drug delivery systems, covering the most important innovative applications. The principles of controlled drug release and the mechanisms involved in controlled release are clearly explained. The various existing polymeric drug delivery systems are reviewed, and new frontiers in material design are examined in detail, covering a wide range of polymer modification techniques. The concluding chapter is a case study focusing on use of a drug-eluting stent. The book is designed to provide the reader with a complete understanding of the mechanisms and design of controlled drug delivery systems, and to this end includes numerous step-by-step tutorials. It illustrates how chemical engineers can advance medical care by designing polymeric delivery systems that achieve either temporal or spatial control of drug delivery and thus ensure more effective therapy that eliminates the potential for both under- and overdosing.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dep. of Chem., Materials & Chem. Engg, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

    Filippo Rossi, Maurizio Masi

  • Innovative Technologies, SUPSI, Manno, Switzerland

    Giuseppe Perale

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