Table IV.
Parameter | Units | Description | |
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M/MT | Unitless | Fraction of drug released relative to total drug load | |
Design Parameters | A | mm2 | Surface area |
L | mm | Membrane thickness | |
fd | Unitless | Mass fraction of drug in film | |
m | mg | Total film mass | |
CA | mg/L | Drug concentration as mass of drug per unit volume of film | |
Drug property | Cs | mg/L | Solubility of active pharmaceutical ingredient at 25°C |
Drug-specific empirical parameters | D | mm2/hr | Diffusion coefficient; dissolved drug through PCL matrix |
Y’ | Unitless | Empirical correction factor |