@inproceedings{39b739d1669c438da26b48c4994adf62,
title = "EAP hydrogels for pulse-actuated cell system (PACS) architectures",
abstract = "Electroactuated polymer (EAP) hydrogels based on JEFFAMINE{\textregistered} T-403 and ethylene glycol glycidyl ether (EGDGE) are used in an infusion pump based on the proprietary Pulse Actuated Cell System (PACS) architecture in development at Medipacs LLC. We report here significant progress in optimizing the formulation of the EAP hydrogels to dramatically increase hydrolytic stability and reproducibility of actuation response. By adjusting the mole fraction of reactive components of the formulation and substituting higher molecular weight monomers, we eliminated a large degree of the hydrolytic instability of the hydrogels, decreased the brittleness of the gel, and increased the equilibrium swelling ratio. The combination of these two modifications to the formulation resulted in hydrogels that exhibited reproducible swelling and deswelling in response to pH for a total period of 10-15 hours.",
keywords = "Drug delivery, Electroactuated polymer, Hydrogels, Infusion pump",
author = "Plata, {R. Erik} and Rogers, {Hallena R.} and Mark Banister and Sonia Vohnout and McGrath, {Dominic V.}",
year = "2007",
doi = "10.1117/12.716107",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "081946645X",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2007",
note = "Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2007 ; Conference date: 19-03-2007 Through 22-03-2007",
}