Active Microcatheter and Biomedical Soft Devices Based on IPMC Actuators

Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 121-136

  Asaka, Kinji ^a   Oguro, Keisuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active microcatheter and biomedical soft devices based on IPMC actuators; Applications to microcatheter; Fabrication of IPMC device; Linear actuators for a biped walking robot; Other applications sheet type Braille display; Underwater microrobot

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953593173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470744697.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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