Breathe Easy: Drug aerosol delivery through a ventilator circuit

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This project will investigate delivery of a particle engineered powder through a ventilator circuit. This is a benchtop experiment using a ventilator, novel delivery device, ventilator circuit and artificial lung. The end point of the study is to determine if this delivery method is suitable to treat ventilated patients suffering from COPD.

Qualifications

A willingness to learn and use basic laboratory skills

Project Timeline

summer 2012, possibly continuing into early Fall 2012.

Duties

drug extraction, sample quantification by HPLC, engineering powder preparation

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Project Lead
Who to Contact
Alan Watts
Contact Email
abwatts@austin.utexas.edu

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