Prospect of artificial muscle in medical applications
- VernacularTitle:人工肌肉临床应用前景
- Author:
Liangping ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
artificial muscle;
artificial heart;
prosthesis;
transplantation;
nanotube
- From:
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2006;0(01):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Artificial muscle can be sorted into two classes. Electron transported materials were powered by electron field at high voltage including electric field responsive elastomer, piezoelectric and ferroelectric polymer. Other new materials are phase electrolytic phase transformation actuators, liquid crystal, molecular actuator, ets. Ion transported materials works at low voltage, pH response gels, ionic polymer metal composites, conductive polymers, as well as carbon nanotubes are belong to this type. Some of the artifrcial muscle designs showed potential application in assay sampling, eye muscle, limb prosthesis muscles, and artificial heart materiales.
