Investigation of Diffusion Characteristics through Microfluidic Channels for Passive Drug Delivery Applications

Table 4

Comparison of measured in vitro rates to theoretical delivery rates for all geometries.

Device	Design	13 day measured average ( per day)	Theoretical steady state approximation (SSA)	Average/SSA
TB	Straight	0.0713	0.7742	0.0921
	Leaf	0.0622	0.6636	0.0938
	Snake	0.0307	0.1037	0.2962
TB-PEG	Straight	0.0649	0.7742	0.0838
	Leaf	0.0735	0.6636	0.1108
	Snake	0.0334	0.1037	0.3217
RB	Straight	0.0012	0.003	0.3939
	Leaf	0.0014	0.0026	0.5385
	Snake	0.0018	0.0004	4.5263
RB-PEG	Straight	0.0009	0.003	0.2934
	Leaf	0.0011	0.0026	0.4129
	Snake	0.0008	0.0004	2.0449