Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators
By: [edited by] Federico Carpi, Elisabeth Smela.
Contributors: Carpi, Federico, 1975-; Smela, Elisabeth.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470773055
Subjects: Polymers in medicine; Conducting polymers; Actuators; Polymers -- diagnostic use; Polymers -- therapeutic use; Biomedical Technology; Equipment and Supplies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Polymer gel actuators : fundamentals / Paul Calvert; title: Bioresponsive hydrogels for biomedical applications / Tom McDonald ... [et al.]; title: Stimuli-responsive and "active" polymers in drug delivery / Aram Omar Saeed ... [et al.]; title: Thermally driven hydrogel actuator for controllable flow rate pump in long-term drug delivery / Piero Chiarelli and Pietro Ragni; title: IPMC actuators : fundamentals / Kinji Asaka and Keisuke Oguro; title: Active micro-catheter and biomedical soft devices based on IPMC actuators / Kinji Asaka and Keisuke Oguro; title: Implantable heart-assist and compression devices employing active network of electrically-controllable ionic polymeric metal nanocomposites / Mohsen Shahinpoor; title: IPMC based tactile displays for pressure and texture presentation on a human finger / Masashi Konyo and Satoshi Tadokoro; title: IPMC assisted infusion micropumps / Il-Seok Park ... [et al.]; title: Conjugated polymer actuators : fundamentals / Geoffrey M. Spinks ... [et al.]; title: Steerable catheters / Tina Shoa ... [et al.]; title: Microfabricated conjugated polymer actuators for microvalves, cell biology, and microrobotics / Elisabeth Smela; title: Actuated pins for braille displays / Geoffrey M. Spinks and Gordon G. Wallace; title: Nanostructured conducting polymer biomaterials and their applications in controlled drug delivery / Mohammad Reza Abidian and David C. Martin; title: Integrated oral drug delivery system with valve based on polypyrrole / Thorsten Göttsche and Stefan Haeberle; title: Piezoelectric and electrostrictive polymer actuators : fundamentals / Zhimin Li and Zhongyang Cheng; title: Miniature high frequency focused ultrasonic transducers for minimally invasive imaging procedures / Aaron Fleischman ... [et al.]; title: Catheters for thrombosis sample in blood vessels using piezoelectric polymer fibers / Yoshiro Tajitsu; title: Piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in biomedical ultrasound exposimetry / Gerald R. Harris; title: Dielectric elastomer actuators : fundamentals / Roy Kornbluh, Richard Heydt, and Ron Pelrine; title: Biomedical applications of dielectric elastomer actuators / John S. Bashkin ... [et al.]; title: MRI compatible device for robotic assisted interventions to prostate cancer / Jean-Sébastien Plante ... [et al.]; title: A braille display system for the visually disabled using a polymer based soft actuator / Hyouk Ryeol Choi ... [et al.]; title: Dynamic splint-like hand orthosis for finger rehabilitation / Federico Carpi, Andrea Mannini, and Danilo De Rossi.