Proposed Concept Dynamic Splint Equipped with Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

4 Proposed Concept Dynamic Splint Equipped with Dielectric Elastomer Actuators 

To develop a wearable dynamic hand splint with electrically variable compliance, the concept described here relies on the use of linear contractile DE actuators. The idea is to use these actuators as active elastic substitutes of the linear passive elastic components of traditional splints, as sketched in Figiure 24.4. 

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