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Emerging Areas in Bioengineering
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Emerging Areas in Bioengineering

by Ho Nam Chang, Sang Yup Lee, Jens Nielsen, Gregory Stephanopoulos
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
904 pages
29h 36m
English
Wiley-VCH
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Chapter 33Smart Drug Delivery Devices and Implants

Ki Su Kim, Ho Sang Jung, Hyunsik Choi, Songeun Beack, Hyemin Kim, Jong Hwan Mun, Myeong Hwan Shin, Do Hee Keum, Heebeom Koo, Seok Hyun Yun and Sei Kwang Hahn

33.1 Introduction

Recently, a variety of drug delivery devices (DDDs) have been extensively investigated for the spatiotemporal control of drugs in the body. For example, some researchers have investigated DDDs, taking advantages of new electronic or computer devices. These smart DDDs can display or transfer the information on the disease site effectively and enable suitable feedback for drug delivery while monitoring the therapeutic results [1]. In comparison with the conventional drug delivery systems (DDSs), the DDDs have the advantages ...

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