Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 37673, Gyeongsangbuk, Republic of Korea.
Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 29;7(1):9613. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10110-w.
Subcutaneous injection of drug solution is widely used for continuous and low dose drug treatment. Although the drug injections have been administered for a long time, challenges in the design of injection devices are still needed to minimize the variability, pain, or skin disorder by repeated drug injections. To avoid these adverse effects, systematic study on the effects of injection conditions should be conducted to improve the predictability of drug effect. Here, the effects of injection conditions on the drug permeation in tissues were investigated using X-ray imaging technique which provides real-time images of drug permeation with high spatial resolution. The shape and concentration distribution of the injected drug solution in the porcine subcutaneous and muscle tissues are visualized. Dynamic movements of the wetting front (WF) and temporal variations of water contents in the two tissues are quantitatively analyzed. Based on the quantitative analysis of the experimental data, the permeability of drug solution through the tissues are estimated according to permeation direction, injection speed, and tissue. The present results would be helpful for improving the performance of drug injection devices and for predicting the drug efficacy in tissues using biomedical simulation.
皮下注射药物溶液广泛用于持续和低剂量药物治疗。尽管药物注射已经进行了很长时间,但仍需要在注射装置的设计方面进行挑战,以通过重复药物注射来最小化变异性、疼痛或皮肤紊乱。为避免这些不良反应,应进行注射条件对药物渗透到组织中的影响的系统研究,以提高药物效果的可预测性。在这里,使用 X 射线成像技术研究了注射条件对药物在组织中的渗透的影响,该技术提供了具有高空间分辨率的药物渗透实时图像。可视化了注入的药物溶液在猪皮下和肌肉组织中的形状和浓度分布。定量分析了两个组织中润湿前沿 (WF) 的动态运动和含水量的时间变化。基于实验数据的定量分析,根据渗透方向、注射速度和组织来估计药物溶液通过组织的渗透性。本研究结果有助于改善药物注射装置的性能,并通过生物医学模拟预测药物在组织中的疗效。
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