Xi Jinxiang, Zhang Ze, Si Xiuhua April, Yang Jing, Deng Wu
School of Engineering and Technology, Central Michigan University, 1200 South Franklin Street, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858, USA.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, USA.
Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2016 Aug;15(4):877-91. doi: 10.1007/s10237-015-0730-9. Epub 2015 Sep 19.
Magnetophoretic-guided delivery has been shown to be able to improve the olfactory doses. However, due to the complex nasal structure and quick decay of magnetic intensity, precise control of particle motion in the human nose remains a challenge. In this study, an optimization model was developed for magnetophoretic olfactory delivery systems. The performance of the model was evaluated using a baseline device design in an MRI-based human nose geometry. Three key components of the delivery system were examined, which included the particle release position, the front magnet to minimize nasal valve depositions, and the top magnet to attract particles into the olfactory region. Results show that the magnetophoretic olfactory delivery device can be significantly improved by optimizing the product and operational parameters. The olfactory delivery efficiency was increased by 1.5-fold compared to the baseline design. The top magnet height and strength were shown to be the most influential factor in olfactory delivery, followed by the drug release position and the front magnet strength. The optimization framework developed in this study can be easily adapted for the optimization of intranasal drug delivery to other regions such as paranasal sinuses.
磁泳引导递送已被证明能够提高嗅觉剂量。然而,由于鼻腔结构复杂且磁场强度迅速衰减,在人鼻中精确控制颗粒运动仍然是一项挑战。在本研究中,为磁泳嗅觉递送系统开发了一种优化模型。使用基于MRI的人体鼻腔几何结构中的基线装置设计对该模型的性能进行了评估。研究了递送系统的三个关键组件,包括颗粒释放位置、用于最小化鼻瓣沉积的前部磁体以及用于将颗粒吸引到嗅觉区域的顶部磁体。结果表明,通过优化产品和操作参数,磁泳嗅觉递送装置可以得到显著改进。与基线设计相比,嗅觉递送效率提高了1.5倍。结果表明,顶部磁体的高度和强度是嗅觉递送中最具影响力的因素,其次是药物释放位置和前部磁体强度。本研究中开发的优化框架可以很容易地应用于优化鼻内药物递送至其他区域,如鼻窦。