Advances in 3D and 4D Printing of Medical Robots and Devices

Advances in 3D and 4D Printing of Medical Robots and Devices

Presenting the most recent innovative breakthroughs in smart manufacturing and biomedical engineering to help enhance knowledge and expertise in 3D/4D printing technologies and advancements in biomedical applications through robotics and medical devices.

This book highlights the usage and importance of 3D/4D printing-based prototyping as well as the manufacturing of robotic elements such as energy generators, morphology control, and novel design strategies.

This book will help readers to pursue contemporary insights into currently ongoing practices in biomedical and mechatronic engineering including the fabrication of actuators manufacturing; muscles, vibration dampers, bio-inspired structures, pre-surgical and post-surgical tooling, medical assistance robots, drug delivery, microfluidic, and wearable electronics.

Academic scholars, manufacturing scientists, and commercial manufacturers of bio-devices and medical robotics will find this book to be useful in adopting competent biomaterials as well as innovative techniques for applications in biomedical engineering.

Highlights include:

• All topics pertaining to 3D & 4D printing & robotics, covering both fundamentals and advancements
• Scientific and technological insights on additive manufacturing routes
• A wide range of biomedical devices, such as actuators manufacturing, muscles, vibration dampers, bio-inspired structures, pre-surgical and post-surgical tooling implants, scaffolds, and organs