Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 568-578 , July 2006

Electroactive polymeric sensors in hand prostheses: Bending response of an ionic polymer metal composite

  • Elaine Biddiss

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4G 1R8
    • Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G8
    • ,
  • Tom Chau

      Affiliations

    • Bloorview Research Institute, 150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M4G 1R8
    • Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5S 3G8
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 425 6220x3515; fax: +1 416 425 1634.

Received 20 April 2005 ,Revised 14 September 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.09.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 568-578 , July 2006

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