Market: Healthcare
| Benefits | |
|---|---|
| Self-expandable devices | Good adaptation to vessel wall, easy positioning, customized radiopacity markers |
| Biocompatible devices | Cell growth, no inflamation |
| Bioresorbable devices from magnesium and iron alloys | Maintaining mechanical support over a defined period of time, subsequent dissolving of the device |
| Electrical functionality | Ablation and stimulation of neuronal or muscular tissue or cells, good signal transmission due to good adaptation to vessel wall. |
| Sensing, mapping | Measurement of physiological quantities (electrical or magnetic biological signals, temperature, pressure) |
| Power supply | MEMS compatible |
| Local drug delivery | Controlled drug release due to customized reservoir design |
| Intelligent medical instruments | Combined actuation and sensing |
Market: Consumable Electronics / Automotive
| Benefits | |
|---|---|
| Miniaturized devices | Small lightweight actuators with high energy density |
| Optimized geometries | Optimized force-stroke relationships, highly facilitated system integration |
| Cost efficient fabrication | Batch processing |
| Actuators with extra functionality | Local activation, intelligent substrates |
| High-temperature actuators | >300°C (572°F) |
| Good fatigue properties | > 10 million cycles |