Abstract
A two dimensional coupled nonlinear non-Fickian model for drug release from a biodegradable drug eluting stent into the arterial wall is studied. The influence of porosity and degradation of the polymer as well as the dissolution rate of the drug are analyzed. Numerical simulations that illustrate the kind of dependence of drug profiles on these properties are included.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 8067-8086 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Applied Mathematical Modelling |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 17-18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 Sept 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work is supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) under the Georg Forster Research Fellowship (HERMES), Institute of Structural Mechanics (ISM), Bauhaus-Universität Weimar as well as the Centro de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra (CMUC), funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the program COMPETE and by the Portuguese Government through the FCT under the project, PEst-C/MAT/UI0324/2013.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Dissolved drug
- Domain decomposition methods
- Drug eluting stent
- Numerical simulation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modelling and Simulation
- Applied Mathematics