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Title: Shape memory system with integrated actuation using embedded particles

Abstract

A shape memory material with integrated actuation using embedded particles. One embodiment provides a shape memory material apparatus comprising a shape memory material body and magnetic pieces in the shape memory material body. Another embodiment provides a method of actuating a device to perform an activity on a subject comprising the steps of positioning a shape memory material body in a desired position with regard to the subject, the shape memory material body capable of being formed in a specific primary shape, reformed into a secondary stable shape, and controllably actuated to recover the specific primary shape; including pieces in the shape memory material body; and actuating the shape memory material body using the pieces causing the shape memory material body to be controllably actuated to recover the specific primary shape and perform the activity on the subject.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. New York, NY
  2. Pleasant Hill, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1041259
Patent Number(s):
8187252
Application Number:
12/536,670
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Buckley, Patrick R, and Maitland, Duncan J. Shape memory system with integrated actuation using embedded particles. United States: N. p., 2012. Web.
Buckley, Patrick R, & Maitland, Duncan J. Shape memory system with integrated actuation using embedded particles. United States.
Buckley, Patrick R, and Maitland, Duncan J. Tue . "Shape memory system with integrated actuation using embedded particles". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1041259.
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