An active guide wire with shape memory alloy bending actuator fabricated by room temperature process

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 97-98, Issue , 2002, Pages 632-637

  Mineta, Takashi ^a   Mitsui, Toshiaki ^a   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Seiya ^a   Haga, Youichi ^b   Esashi, Masayoshi ^b  

^a YAMAGATA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active guide wire; Photo fabrication; SMA actuator

Indexed keywords

BENDING (FORMING); CATHETERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POLYURETHANES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STIFFNESS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; WIRE;

ACTIVE GUIDE WIRE; BENDING ACTUATOR; BIAS COIL; MEANDERING SHAPE; PHOTOFABRICATION; THIN POLYURETHANE TUBE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036544040     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00021-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Batch fabricated flat meandering shape memory alloy actuator for active catheter
6. Electrochemical photoetching of rolled shape memory alloy sheets for microactuators