Annotated Bibliography

Peer Reviewed Article

Lopez, Felipe L, et al. “Formulation Approaches to Pediatric Oral Drug Delivery: Benefits and Limitations of Current Platforms.” Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, Informa Healthcare, 2 Nov. 2015, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673516/.

This discussed the importance for correct dosages especially for infants and children.  It’s necessary to take into account the processing and manufacturing of a device to more adequately deliver the correct dosages of medicine to pediatrics.  Some recent advances in the oral delivery system of medicine is the liquid dosage form and solid dosage form, with a device such as the “pill swallowing cup.”  This would be helpful in giving us ideas on how we should create an efficient pill swallower device by understanding the devices already out there in the market.

 

Peer Reviewed Article

Edelbi, R El, et al. “In Situ Coating Makes It Easier for Children to Swallow and Tolerate Tablets and Capsules.” Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), John Wiley and Sons Inc., 9 June 2015, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744733/.

The authors discuss an in situ coating introduced by MedCoat.  Children especially have a hard time swallowing tablets and pills, so the purpose of the in situ coating is to disguise the unpleasant taste of the medicine.  The in situ coating is comprised of things like gelatin, sugar and maltitol syrup.  This can be helpful because it would give us different ideas on how to create our pill dissolver device and what would be effective and ineffective.

 

Reputable Source Article

Scott, Clare. “University of Michigan Adapts Electronics Manufacturing Technology to 3D Print Medicine.” 3DPrint.Com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing, 3DR Holdings LLC, 28 Sept. 2017, 3dprint.com/189287/university-of-michigan-medicine/.

The article talks about how 3D printing has the capabilities of printing out pills with the correct dosages in such a form as a dissolvable strip.  It goes through the process that the 3D printer goes through to print this kind of drug.  It highlights that this could make it much easier for patients and doctors to be administered with the right amount of doses for medicine.  This article is helpful because it shows how the 3D printing technology can make it easier for individuals to effectively take their medication, whether it be the right dosage or that it be ingested more easily.