Mouthpiece Diameter Affects Deposition Efficiency in Cast Models of the Human Oral Airways

Autor: Beth L. Laube, Ta-chun Lin, Patrick N. Breysse, David L. Swift
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Journal of Aerosol Medicine. 14:335-341
ISSN: 1557-9026
0894-2684
DOI: 10.1089/089426801316970295
Popis: We examined the effect of altering mouthpiece diameter to 1.5, 2.0, and 2.7 cm on the deposition efficiency of inertial size particles (2, 4, and 8 microm) in adult human oral-pharyngeal-laryngeal (OPL) airway cast models at various inspiratory flow rates (30, 60, 90, and 120 L/min). Deposition efficiency of 2-microm particles was unaffected by changes in mouthpiece diameter at all flow rates. Deposition of 4-microm particles decreased significantly with the 2.0- and 2.7-cm mouthpieces compared to the 1.5 cm mouthpiece at 60, 90, and 120 L/min (p0.01). Deposition of 4-microm particles was significantly reduced with the 2.7-cm mouthpiece compared to the 2.0-cm mouthpiece at 90 and 120 L/min (p0.05). Deposition efficiency of 8 microm particles decreased significantly with the 2.0- and 2.7-cm mouthpieces compared to the 1.5-cm mouthpiece at 60 L/min (p0.05), and with the 2.7-cm mouthpiece compared to the 1.5-cm mouthpiece at 120 L/min (p0.05). These results suggest that the effect of mouthpiece diameter varies with particle size, with 2- and 8-microm particles least affected. However, our findings may have important implications for improving the future design of mouthpieces of devices that deliver particles with 4-microm diameters and require inspiratory flow rates ofor = 60 L/min (i.e., DPIs) for adequate drug delivery.
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