A low capacity pump ideally designed for nasal sprays and metered dose inhalers is to debut at next month's Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) 19 conference in Edinburgh, in December.
Copley Scientific's Low Capacity Pump LCP5 has a small footprint, sound insulated, low vibration vacuum pump designed for optimal operation at low flow rates. The pump, which includes an in-built variable flow control valve and the required hose fittings, is suitable for use with all USP and Ph.Eur. specified impactors.
All inhaled drug products are tested using the in-vitro technique of cascade impaction, which determines the aerodynamic particle size distribution of the aerosol produced.
This includes both the Andersen Cascade Impactor (ACI) and Next Generation Pharmaceutical Impactor (NGI). Copley also offers a well-established high capacity pump for the higher, sonic flow rate testing requirements of dry powder inhalers (DPIs).
The DDL conference focuses pm the development of inhalers for the treatment of respiratory illness and the delivery of systemic therapeutics. The event will be staged in Edinburgh, UK, from 10 to 12 December 2008.