"This book is an excellent summary of the up-to-date knowledge on currently available and future active materials for medical applications. The research-oriented structure and content of the book makes it unique and one of a kind."
Prof. Emilio Bautista Paz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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This book focuses on all types of biodevices, mainly implantable or quirurgical, used in the diagnosis or treatment of various pathologies, which benefit from the use of active materials such as sensors or actuators. Such active or “intelligent” materials are capable of responding in a controlled way to various external physical or chemical stimuli by changing some of their properties. These materials can be used to design and develop sensors, actuators, and multifunctional systems with a large number of applications for developing biodevices and medical devices.
Current work in this field entails problems related to synthesis, characterization, modeling, simulation, processing, and prototyping technologies, as well as device testing and validation, all of which are treated in depth in this book. The research presented will help future developments in medical devices, based on the additional functionalities that the use of active or “intelligent” materials, both as sensors and as actuators, affords. The results offered in the book will help in the industrial expansion of active materials as part of more complex systems.
Introduction to Product Development and Systematic Methodologies
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
General Considerations for Developing Medical Devices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
Active Materials in Medical Devices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
Shape-Memory Alloys for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Shape-Memory Polymers for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
Electroactive Polymers as Actuators for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Electroactive Polymers as Sensors for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
Pyroelectric Materials for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Active Ceramics in Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Magnetoactive Materials for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Javier Echavarri Otero
Optoactive and Photoactive Materials for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Hydroactive Materials for Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Microstructured Active Materials in Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Nanostructured Active Materials in Biodevices
Andres Diaz Lantada
Novel Techniques, Methods and Processes for Active Materials in Medical Devices
Andres Diaz Lantada and Pilar Lafont Morgado
A Proposal for Structured Methodology
Andres Diaz Lantada
Andrés Díaz Lantada studied industrial engineering and specialized in mechanical engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Spain (www.upm.es). Currently, he is an assistant professor at UPM. His main teaching activities are related to computer-aided mechanical engineering, design and manufacturing with polymers, development of medical devices, and biomechanics.
Lantada is also actively involved in research on various areas related to product development, especially focussing on medical devices, including rapid prototyping technologies, CAD-CAE-CAM tools, and active materials for improving diagnostic and therapeutic applications of biodevices. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications, several books, and book chapters and is the co-inventor of eight patents related to the use of active materials for improving sensing/actuating capabilities of medical products.
"This book is an excellent summary of the up-to-date knowledge on currently available and future active materials for medical applications. The research-oriented structure and content of the book makes it unique and one of a kind."
~Prof. Emilio Bautista Paz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
"This book is a unique resource that emphasizes specific novel themes in a way that is easy for the reader to understand. It not only presents the recent developments but also throws light on the future work in the field of active materials for medical applications. The book will certainly inspire researchers to further develop active materials."
~Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Dr. Haibao Lu
