Compliant Buckled Foam Actuators and Application in Patient-Specific Direct Cardiac Compression.
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DOI: 10.1089/soro.2017.0018
Abstract: We introduce the use of buckled foam for soft pneumatic actuators. A moderate amount of residual compressive strain within elastomer foam increases the applied force ∼1.4 × or stroke ∼2 × compared with actuators without residual strain.… read more here.
Keywords: compression; patient specific; direct cardiac; buckled foam ... See more keywords