Carpi, Federico. Smela, Elisabeth. text bibliography enk Chichester, West Sussex John Wiley & Sons c2009 2009 monographic eng

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xx, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. 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 specialized [edited by] Federico Carpi, Elisabeth Smela Includes bibliographical references and index Polymers in medicine Conducting polymers Actuators Polymers diagnostic use Polymers therapeutic use Biomedical Technology Equipment and Supplies 9780470773055 0470773057 UMP 090903 20251117144444.0 vtls000043195