Giving fundamental information on one of the most promising families of smart materials electroactive polymers eap this exciting new titles focuses on the several biomedical applications made possible by these types of materials and their related actuation technologies each chapter provides a description of the specific eap material and device configuration used material processing . Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators federico carpi university of pisa pisa italy elisabeth smela university of maryland college park usa. Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators federico carpi editor elisabeth smela editor isbn 978 0 470 74468 0 496 pages april 2009 description giving fundamental information on one of the most promising families of smart materials electroactive polymers eap this exciting new titles focuses on the several biomedical applications made possible by these types of . Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators giving fundamental information on one of the most promising families of smart materials electroactive polymers eap this exciting new titles focuses on the several biomedical applications made possible by these types of materials and their related actuation technologies each chapter . Biomedical applications of dielectric elastomer actuators 22 mri compatible device for robotic assisted interventions to prostate cancer 23 a braille display system for the visually disabled using a polymer based soft actuator