Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators / [edited by] Federico Carpi, Elisabeth Smela

Includes bibliographical references and index

Polymer gel actuators : fundamentals / Paul Calvert -- Bio-responsive 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 microcatheter and biomedical soft devices based on IPMC actuators / Kinji Asaka and Keisuke Oguro -- Implantable heart-assist and compression devices employing an active network of electrically-controllable ionic polymer-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 --

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 exfoliation in blood vessels using piezoelectric polymer fibers / Yoshiro Tajitsu -- Piezoelectric poly(vinylidene) 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-Sébastien 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