Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators /

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