Flexible thin-film PVDF-TrFE based pressure sensor for smart catheter applications

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 744-751

  Sharma, Tushar ^a   Aroom, Kevin ^b   Naik, Sahil ^a   Gill, Brijesh ^b   Zhang, John X J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter; Crystallinity; Microfabrication; Piezoelectricity; Pressure sensor; PVDF TrFE; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL PRESSURE; CRYSTALLINITIES; FLEXIBLE PRESSURE SENSORS; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; PVDF-TRFE; STANDARD LITHOGRAPHIES;

CATHETERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LITHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROFABRICATION; MICROMETERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLYMER FILMS; PRESSURE SENSORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE TRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE COPOLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; CATHETER; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; PRESSURE; DEVICES; MEDICAL ELECTRONICS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CATHETERS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; POLYVINYLS; PRESSURE;

EID: 84876491585     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0708-z     Document Type: Article

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