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80 3 Pulmonary <strong>Drug</strong> Delivery: Delivery To and Through the Lung<br />

The adapter for DPI testing consists of a closed central housing with a pre-separator for large<br />

(carrier) particles and a fine particle collector for analysis of the fine particle mass fraction<br />

[126].The adapter for nebulizer testing can be tilted in order to fit the angled mouthpieces of<br />

this type of inhalation device. The closed system allows accurate control of the inspiratory<br />

flow rate through the inhaler without limitations regarding PIFR and FIR.<br />

The application of the laser diffraction technique is sometimes questioned because it measures<br />

geometric instead of aerodynamic particle diameters. However, the aerodynamic diameter<br />

can be calculated when the dynamic shape factor and density are known. Moreover,<br />

the dynamic shape factor (χ) of micronized particles will often be only slightly higher than 1<br />

and so is the true particle density (1.0 < ρ P

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