Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ [edited by] Federico Carpi, Elisabeth Smela
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Chichester, West Sussex
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: John Wiley & Sons
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 476 p., [8] p. of plates , ill. (some col.) , 25 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Print
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Integrated oral drug delivery system with valve based on polypyrrole / Thorsten Geottsche 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-Saebastien 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.
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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 --
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Polymers in medicine
Conducting polymers
Actuators
Polymers, diagnostic use
Polymers, therapeutic use
Biomedical Technology
Equipment and Supplies
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
R857
Book number
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P6B5485
2009
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
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QT
37
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5
Book Number
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P7B6147
2009
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Carpi, Federico,1975-
Smela, Elisabeth
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Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators [edited by] Federico Carpi, Elisabeth Smela