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Title

A three-dimensional semi-analytical solution for predicting drug release through the orifice of a spherical device
Authors

Laurent Simon
Juan Ospina
Journal / Anthology

International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Year: 2016
Volume: 509
Issue: 1-2
Page range: 477-482
Description

Three-dimensional solute transport was investigated for a spherical device with a release hole. The governing equation was derived using the Fick’s second law. A mixed Neumann-Dirichlet condition was imposed at the boundary to represent diffusion through a small region on the surface of the device. The cumulative percentage of drug released was calculated in the Laplace domain and represented by the first term of an infinite series of Legendre and modified Bessel functions of the first kind. Application of the Zakian algorithm yielded the time-domain closed-form expression. The first-order solution closely matched a numerical solution generated by Mathematica1. The proposed method allowed computation of the characteristic time. A larger surface pore resulted in a smaller effective time constant. The agreement between the numerical solution and the semi-analytical method improved noticeably as the size of the orifice increased. It took four time constants for the device to release approximately ninetyeight of its drug content.
Subject

*Science > Medicine