Publication detail

Inhalers and nebulizers: basic principles and preliminary measurements

MIŠÍK, O. LÍZAL, F. FARHIKHTEH ASL, V. BĚLKA, M. JEDELSKÝ, J. ELCNER, J. JÍCHA, M.

English title

Inhalers and nebulizers: basic principles and preliminary measurements

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

Inhalers are hand-held devices which are used for administration of therapeutic aerosols via inhalation. Nebulizers are larger devices serving for home and hospital care using inhaled medication. This contribution describes the basic principles of dispersion of aerosol particles used in various types of inhalers and nebulizers, and lists the basic physical mechanisms contributing to the deposition of inhaled particles in the human airways. The second part of this article presents experimental setup, methodology and preliminary results of particle size distributions produced by several selected inhalers and nebulizers.

English abstract

Inhalers are hand-held devices which are used for administration of therapeutic aerosols via inhalation. Nebulizers are larger devices serving for home and hospital care using inhaled medication. This contribution describes the basic principles of dispersion of aerosol particles used in various types of inhalers and nebulizers, and lists the basic physical mechanisms contributing to the deposition of inhaled particles in the human airways. The second part of this article presents experimental setup, methodology and preliminary results of particle size distributions produced by several selected inhalers and nebulizers.

Keywords in English

Inhaler; nebulizer; lungs; aerosol; deposition

Released

21.11.2017

Publisher

E D P SCIENCES

Location

Mikulov

ISSN

2100-014X

Book

EPJ Web of Conferences

Volume

180

Pages from–to

1–6

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT143672,
  author="Ondrej {Mišík} and František {Lízal} and Vahid {Farhikhteh Asl} and Miloslav {Bělka} and Jan {Jedelský} and Jakub {Elcner} and Miroslav {Jícha},
  title="Inhalers and nebulizers: basic principles and preliminary measurements",
  booktitle="EPJ Web of Conferences",
  year="2017",
  volume="180",
  month="November",
  pages="1--6",
  publisher="E D P SCIENCES",
  address="Mikulov",
  issn="2100-014X"
}