CN112577764A - Method for evaluating pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid mist aerosol - Google Patents

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CN112577764A
CN112577764A CN202011291616.0A CN202011291616A CN112577764A CN 112577764 A CN112577764 A CN 112577764A CN 202011291616 A CN202011291616 A CN 202011291616A CN 112577764 A CN112577764 A CN 112577764A
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The invention provides a method for evaluating the pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid aerosol, which comprises the following steps: firstly, putting a medicament into an atomizer; then starting an atomizer to atomize the medicament to obtain liquid-mist aerosol; simultaneously, at the output end of the filtering unit, the liquid mist aerosol is sucked into the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit; after the atomizer runs for a set time, the atomizer is closed, and then the liquid mist aerosol is stopped being inhaled; taking down the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit and respectively cleaning the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into the first volumetric flask and collect the liquid medicine attached to the filtering unit into the second volumetric flask; measuring the concentration of any ion in the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask and the concentration of the same ion in the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask respectively; finally obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask1The mass m of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask2And delivery efficiency. Thus, the present invention can be used to determine different typesEfficiency of intrapulmonary delivery of atomizer liquid mist aerosol.

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Method for evaluating pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid mist aerosol
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of biomedical engineering, and particularly relates to a method for evaluating pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid aerosol.
Background
Particle pollutants are generally present in the atmospheric environment, in the breathing process of people, particles in the air inevitably flow into a breathing system along with the air, and chemical components in the deposited particles can cause stress reaction of human tissue cells, so that oxidative damage of tissues and organs is caused, and various biological effects are caused to harm human health, wherein the most direct harm is to induce respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, emphysema and the like. The aerosol inhalation therapy is an effective way to treat the above diseases because of the advantages of rapid onset of action, small required dosage, less adverse reaction, avoidance of first-pass effect, etc. In practical application, the atomizer is an aerosol generating device for atomization therapy which is most widely applied, and is divided into a compression type atomizer, an ultrasonic atomizer and a net type atomizer, and the generated aerosol is in a liquid mist form, and can be applied to old patients suffering from COPD and infants suffering from pneumonia and bronchitis.
However, the deposition amount of the particulate matters in the upper respiratory tract is usually determined by a weighing method in the existing research on the deposition of the particulate matters in the upper respiratory tract, but the deposited liquid-mist aerosol is not solid, and the deposition amount of the particulate matters cannot be measured by the weighing method. Therefore, how to measure the efficiency of delivering liquid aerosol into the lung and what kind of experimental apparatus is applied is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently in the prior art.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for evaluating the pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid mist aerosol. In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a method for evaluating the pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid aerosol is based on a collection system, wherein the collection system comprises an upper respiratory tract model and a filtering unit which are sequentially communicated with an atomizer; the method comprises the following steps:
step 1: putting the liquid medicine into an atomizer;
step 2: starting an atomizer to atomize the medicament to obtain liquid-mist aerosol; simultaneously, at the output end of the filtering unit, the liquid mist aerosol is sucked into the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit;
and step 3: the atomizer is closed after running for a set time, and then liquid mist aerosol is stopped being inhaled;
and 4, step 4: taking down the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit and respectively cleaning the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into a first volumetric flask and collect the liquid medicine attached to the filtering unit into a second volumetric flask;
and 5: respectively sampling the first volumetric flask and the second volumetric flask, and respectively measuring any ion concentration of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask and the same ion concentration of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask by using ion concentration measuring equipment;
step 6: obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the first volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the first volumetric flask1(ii) a Obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the second volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the second volumetric flask2
And 7: obtaining the efficiency of intrapulmonary delivery DE: DE = m2/( m1+ m2)×100%。
Preferably, in step 4, the step of washing the upper airway model comprises:
step 41: placing the upper respiratory tract model into a first deionized water container, and then sealing the first deionized water container;
step 42: putting the first deionized water container into an ultrasonic cleaning machine for cleaning;
step 43: after the ultrasonic cleaning machine operates for a set time, taking out the first deionized water container, and then taking out the upper respiratory tract model from the first deionized water container;
step 44: washing the upper respiratory tract model by using deionized water so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into the solution in the first deionized water container;
step 45: transferring the solution in the first deionized water container to the first volumetric flask.
Preferably, the collection system further comprises a vacuum pump, the vacuum pump and the filter unit being connected by a connection pipe.
Preferably, a flow meter is provided on the connection pipe between the vacuum pump and the filter unit.
Preferably, the filter unit includes a bubble absorption tube and a second filter device which communicate with each other; the input end of the bubble absorption tube is communicated with the output end of the upper respiratory tract model; and the output end of the bubble absorption pipe is communicated with the input end of the second filtering device.
Preferably, the filtration unit further comprises a first filtration device; the output end of the second filtering device is communicated with the input end of the first filtering device.
Preferably, the filter unit comprises a first filter device.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
(1) based on atomizer, upper respiratory tract model, filter unit and vacuum pump, inhale upper respiratory tract model and filter unit with liquid fog aerosol to measure the liquid fog aerosol liquid medicine of deposit in upper respiratory tract model and the filter unit respectively, deliver efficiency in the lung with obtaining this atomizer.
(2) The invention can provide an in-vitro measuring device for the delivery efficiency of various types of liquid mist aerosol in lungs and a using method thereof. Experimenters adopting the invention are expected to reveal the deposition rule and the influence factors of the liquid aerosol in the upper respiratory tract of the human body, and explore the method for improving the atomization efficiency and optimizing the treatment effect.
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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method for evaluating the efficiency of pulmonary delivery of a liquid aerosol according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a collection system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a structural diagram of a collection system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The device comprises an atomizer 1, an upper respiratory tract model 2, a first filtering device 3, a flowmeter 4, a vacuum pump 5, a connecting pipe 6, a bubble absorbing pipe 7 and a second filtering device 8.
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The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown, it being understood that one skilled in the art may modify the invention herein described while still achieving the advantageous effects of the invention. Accordingly, the following description should be construed as broadly as possible to those skilled in the art and not as limiting the invention.
Example 1
In the embodiment, a collection system is provided, as shown in fig. 2, the collection system includes an upper respiratory tract model 2, a filtering unit, a flow meter 4 and a vacuum pump 5 which are sequentially communicated with an atomizer 1. The filter unit and the vacuum pump 5 are connected through a connecting pipe 6; the flow meter 4 is provided on the connection pipe 6.
In the present embodiment, the upper airway model 2 may be a real, personalized upper airway model 2, or a simplified, universal upper airway model 2.
In the present embodiment, the filtering unit is the first filtering device 3. The function of the filter unit is to trap all droplets escaping from the upper airway model 2.
In this embodiment, the flow meter 4 can adjust the gas flow rate as needed.
Based on the collection system, the embodiment further provides an evaluation method of the pulmonary delivery efficiency of the liquid aerosol, as shown in fig. 1, which includes steps 1 to 7. In this embodiment, the reagent is a NaCl solution, and chloride ions are selected as any ions in the reagents to be tested. The method comprises the following specific steps:
step 1: putting a proper amount of the required liquid medicine into the atomizer 1; communicating the atomizer 1 with a collection system; the joint is sealed by using the raw material belt and is additionally provided with the throat hoop, so that the whole gas circuit is ensured to have good gas tightness.
Step 2: the vacuum pump 5 is turned on and the flow meter 4 is adjusted to the desired flow rate. The air flow rate and the temperature and humidity in the laboratory were recorded.
Then starting the atomizer 1 to atomize the medicament to obtain a liquid-mist aerosol (aerosol in the form of liquid mist); and simultaneously, at the output end of the filtering unit, the liquid mist aerosol is sucked into the upper respiratory tract model 2 and the filtering unit.
Specifically, the input end of the vacuum pump 5 is communicated with the output end of the filtering unit, namely, under the suction action of the vacuum pump 5, the liquid mist aerosol enters the collecting system. Wherein the timer is started at the same time as the atomizer 1 is started.
And step 3: after the atomizer 1 is operated for a set time, the atomizer 1 is turned off first, and then the vacuum pump 5 is turned off to stop inhaling the liquid mist aerosol.
And 4, step 4: take off upper respiratory tract model 2 and filter unit to wash respectively, collect to the second volumetric flask to the liquid medicine that adheres on first volumetric flask, the filter unit with the liquid medicine that adheres on the upper respiratory tract model 2.
Wherein, the cleaning steps of the upper respiratory tract model 2 and the filtering unit are the same. Taking the step of cleaning the upper respiratory tract model 2 as an example, the method specifically comprises the following steps:
the upper airway model 2 was first placed in a first deionized water container, which was then sealed. Wherein, the first deionized water container means that the container is filled with deionized water.
And then putting the first deionized water container into an ultrasonic cleaning machine for cleaning. In step 42, the method further comprises inverting the upper airway model 2 at set time intervals. Preferably, the upper respiratory tract model 2 is turned and cleaned every 3 minutes, and the process is repeated for 3-4 times.
And then, after the ultrasonic cleaning machine operates for a set time, taking out the first deionized water container, then opening the first deionized water container, and taking out the upper respiratory tract model 2 from the first deionized water container.
And then, washing the upper respiratory tract model by using deionized water so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into the solution in the first deionized water container.
And finally, transferring the solution in the first deionized water container into a first volumetric flask, and turning and shaking the first volumetric flask so that the two parts of solution obtained in the first volumetric flask in sequence are uniformly mixed.
And 5: the first volumetric flask and the second volumetric flask are sampled, and the ion chromatograph is used to measure the ion concentration of any one of the liquid medicines in the first volumetric flask and the ion concentration of the same one of the liquid medicines in the second volumetric flask.
Step 6: obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the first volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the first volumetric flask1(ii) a Obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the second volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the second volumetric flask2. I.e. the mass of the liquid medicine deposited in the upper respiratory tract model 2 is m1(ii) a The mass of the liquid medicine deposited in the filtering unit is m2
Specifically, the concentration of the liquid medicine is obtained by converting the ion concentration in the first volumetric flask according to the chemical formula of the liquid medicine; finally obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask according to the volume of the solution in the first volumetric flask1
In this embodiment, the mass of the liquid medicine is also the mass of the solute NaCl; the chemical formula of the liquid medicine is also the chemical formula of the solute NaCl.
And 7: obtaining the efficiency of intrapulmonary delivery DE: DE = m2/( m1+ m2)×100%。
Example 2
In the present embodiment, the filter unit includes a bubble absorption tube 7, a second filter device 8, and a first filter device 3, which are connected in this order; the input end of the bubble absorption tube 7 is communicated with the output end of the upper respiratory tract model 2; the output end of the bubble absorption pipe 7 is communicated with the input end of the second filtering device 8; the output end of the second filter device 8 is communicated with the input end of the first filter device 3.
In this embodiment, the second filter device 8 is a reject type filter.
The specific embodiment takes HL100A fish-jumping hand-held atomizer 1 as an example, and other types of atomizers 1 can be selected; the used medicament is NaCl solution, and chloride ions are selected as any ions in the medicament to be detected.
Specifically, the upper airway model 2 is customized by high-precision CNC, which is composed of two symmetrical parts.
A filter membrane is arranged in the first filter device 3, the aperture of the filter membrane is 0.1 micron, and the liquid mist aerosol escaping from the deslagging type filter can be completely captured.
The air flow rate in the system is adjusted by turning a knob below the rotameter.
The bottom of the ultrasonic cleaner is provided with a plurality of industrial-grade shaking heads, and NaCl particles and NaCl solution deposited on each part are cleaned by cavitation effect.
The ion chromatograph used an anion chromatographic column, and the eluent was 4.5mmol/L sodium carbonate and 1.4mmol/L sodium bicarbonate, and the flow rate of the eluent was 1.0 ml/min. The concentration of chloride ions in the cleaning liquid of each component can be accurately measured.
In this example, the evaluation method of the efficiency of pulmonary delivery of liquid mist aerosol was the same as that in example 1.
In this example, the quantity of NaCl deposited in the upper airway model 2 is n1(ii) a The mass of NaCl deposited in the bubble absorption tube 7 is n2(ii) a The sum of the mass of NaCl deposited in the second filter device 8 and in the first filter device 3 is n3
In this example, the efficiency of intrapulmonary delivery DE: DE = n2+ n3/( n1+ n2+ n3)×100%。
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any way. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A method for evaluating the pulmonary delivery efficiency of liquid aerosol is based on a collection system, wherein the collection system comprises an upper respiratory tract model and a filtering unit which are sequentially communicated with an atomizer; the method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
step 1: putting the liquid medicine into an atomizer;
step 2: starting an atomizer to atomize the medicament to obtain liquid-mist aerosol; simultaneously, at the output end of the filtering unit, the liquid mist aerosol is sucked into the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit;
and step 3: the atomizer is closed after running for a set time, and then liquid mist aerosol is stopped being inhaled;
and 4, step 4: taking down the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit and respectively cleaning the upper respiratory tract model and the filtering unit so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into a first volumetric flask and collect the liquid medicine attached to the filtering unit into a second volumetric flask;
and 5: respectively sampling the first volumetric flask and the second volumetric flask, and respectively measuring any ion concentration of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask and the same ion concentration of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask by using ion concentration measuring equipment;
step 6: obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the first volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the first volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the first volumetric flask1(ii) a Obtaining the mass m of the liquid medicine in the second volumetric flask according to the ion concentration in the second volumetric flask and the volume of the solution in the second volumetric flask2
And 7: obtaining the efficiency of intrapulmonary delivery DE: DE = m2/( m1+ m2)×100%。
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of cleaning the upper airway model in step 4 comprises:
step 41: placing the upper respiratory tract model into a first deionized water container, and then sealing the first deionized water container;
step 42: putting the first deionized water container into an ultrasonic cleaning machine for cleaning;
step 43: after the ultrasonic cleaning machine operates for a set time, taking out the first deionized water container, and then taking out the upper respiratory tract model from the first deionized water container;
step 44: washing the upper respiratory tract model by using deionized water so as to collect the liquid medicine attached to the upper respiratory tract model into the solution in the first deionized water container;
step 45: transferring the solution in the first deionized water container to the first volumetric flask.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the collection system further comprises a vacuum pump, and the vacuum pump and the filter unit are connected via a connection tube.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein a flow meter is disposed on the connection pipe between the vacuum pump and the filter unit.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the filter unit comprises a bubble absorption tube and a second filter device which are in communication with each other; the input end of the bubble absorption tube is communicated with the output end of the upper respiratory tract model; and the output end of the bubble absorption pipe is communicated with the input end of the second filtering device.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the filter unit further comprises a first filter device; the output end of the second filtering device is communicated with the input end of the first filtering device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the filter unit comprises a first filter device.
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