[HTML][HTML] Advancements in acoustic drug delivery for paranasal sinuses: A comprehensive review

O Pourmehran, K Zarei, J Pourchez, S Vreugde… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) impacts patients' quality of life and healthcare costs. Traditional
methods of drug delivery, such as nasal sprays and irrigation, have limited effectiveness …

Characterizing regional drug delivery within the nasal airways

J Chen, WH Finlay, R Vehring… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The nose has been receiving increased attention as a route for drug delivery. As
the site of deposition constitutes the first point of contact of the body with the drug …

Effect of MDI actuation timing on inhalation dosimetry in a human respiratory tract model

M Talaat, X Si, J Xi - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Accurate knowledge of the delivery of locally acting drug products, such as metered-dose
inhaler (MDI) formulations, to large and small airways is essential to develop reliable in …

Simulation of patient-specific bi-directional pulsating nasal aerosol dispersion and deposition with clockwise 45 and 90 nosepieces

A Farnoud, I Baumann, MM Rashidi, O Schmid… - Computers in Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations of the dispersion and deposition of poly-disperse particles in a patient-
specific human nasal configuration are performed. Computed tomography (CT) images are …

Anatomical details of the rabbit nasal passages and their implications in breathing, air conditioning, and olfaction

J Xi, XA Si, J Kim, Y Zhang, RE Jacob… - The Anatomical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The rabbit is commonly used as a laboratory animal for inhalation toxicology tests and detail
knowledge of the rabbit airway morphometry is needed for outcome analysis or theoretical …

Optimized gravity-driven intranasal drop administration delivers significant doses to the ostiomeatal complex and maxillary sinus

A Seifelnasr, F Zare, XA Si, J Xi - Drug Delivery and Translational …, 2024 - Springer
Chronic and allergic rhinosinusitis impacts approximately 12% of the global population.
Challenges in rhinosinusitis treatment include paranasal sinus inaccessibility and variability …

Effects of guiding vanes and orifice jet flow of a metered-dose inhaler on drug dosimetry in human respiratory tract

XA Si, M Talaat, J Xi - Experimental and Computational Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Springer
Accurate modeling and simulation of metered-dose inhaler (MDI) drug delivery require
detailed information about the spray aerosols and carrier airflows, which are sensitive to the …

The impact of geometrical parameters on acoustically driven drug delivery to maxillary sinuses

O Pourmehran, M Arjomandi, B Cazzolato… - … and modeling in …, 2020 - Springer
Acoustically driven nebulized drug delivery (acoustic aerosol delivery) is the most efficient
noninvasive technique for drug delivery to maxillary sinuses (MS). This method is based on …

Understanding the mechanisms underlying pulsating aerosol delivery to the maxillary sinus: in vitro tests and computational simulations

J Xi, XA Si, S Peters, D Nevorski, T Wen… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Pulsating aerosol delivery has been demonstrated in depositing medications
into paranasal sinuses. However, its mechanisms are not fully understood. Influences of the …

Count-and mass-based dosimetry of MDI spray droplets with polydisperse and monodisperse size distributions

M Talaat, X Si, X Liu, J Xi - International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Most previous numerical studies of inhalation drug delivery used monodisperse aerosols or
quantified deposition as the ratio of deposited particle number over the total number of …