If you would like to find out how to get a copy of the following milestone Patents on Artificial Muscles, please send an e-mail to Mohsen Shahinpoor .

• D. Adolf, M. Shahinpoor, D. Segalman and W. Witkowski, "Electrically Controlled Polymeric Gel Actuators," US Patent Number 5, 250, 167, Issued October 5, (1993), World's First Patent On Electrically Controllable Ionic Polymeric Artificial Muscles
• M. Shahinpoor, "Spring-Loaded Ionic Polymeric Gel Actuator,", US Patent No. 5,389,222, Issued February 14, (1995)
• M. Shahinpoor, and Mojarrad, M," Soft Actuators and Artificial Muscles", US Patent No. 6,109, 852, issued August 29, (2000)
• A. Goodman and M. Shahinpoor, "Dynamic Fiber Optic Switch with Artificial Muscles", US Patent Number 6,192,171, Issued February 20, (2001)
• M. Shahinpoor, S.G. Popa and L. Sillerud, "Smart Fiber Optic Magnetometer", US Patent Office Number 6,433,543, Issued , August 13, (2002)
• M. Shahinpoor, "Electrically-Controllable Multi-Fingered Resilient Heart Compression Devices”, US Patent Office Number 6,464,655, Issued October 15, (2002)
• M. Shahinpoor and M. Mojarrad, "Ionic Polymer Sensors and Actuators", US Patent Office No. 6, 475,639, Issued November 5, 2002.
• M. Shahinpoor and K.J. Kim,"Metal Hydride Artificial Muscles," US Patent No. 6,405,532 Issued June 18, (2002)
• M. Shahinpoor, D. Solatanpour and P. Shahinpoor, "Surgical Correction of Human Eye Refractive Errors By Active Composite Artificial Muscle Implants“, US Patent Office No. 6,511,508 Issued January 28, 2003, also PCT Application No. 2323-00-PCT filed July (2001)
• D. Soltanpour and Mohsen Shahinpoor, " Implantable Micro-Pump Assembly,", US Patent Office No. 6,589,198 Issued July 8th., 2003
• M. Shahinpoor, "Smart Temperature Sensor", US Patent and Trademark Office No. 6,512,739 Issued September 2, 2003
• A. Goodman and Mohsen Shahinpoor, "Disk Driv Optical Switch", US Patent and Trademark Office No. 6,678,434, Issued January 13, 2004
• Mohsen Shahinpoor and David Soltanpour,"Synthetic Muscle-based Diaphragm Pump Apparatuses", US Patent and Trademark Office No. 6,682,500, Issued January 27, 2004
• Mohsen Shahinpoor and Sorin G. Popa,"Bioelectric Sensor and Switch For Medical Imaging", US Patent and Trademark Office, US Patent No. 6, 829, 499, , Issued December 7, 2004
• Mohsen Shahinpoor, "Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor-2-CIP", US Patent and Trademark Office, US Patent No. 6, 837, 620, , Issued January 4, 2005
• M. Shahinpoor, D. Solatanpour and P. Shahinpoor, "Surgical Correction of Human Eye Refractive Errors By Active Composite Artificial Muscle Implants“, US Patent Office , Patent No. 7,090,696 , CIP to US Patent No. 6,511,508B1, Issued August 15, 2006
• Mohsen Shahinpoor and David Soltanpour,"Accommodating Zonular Mini-Bridge Implants”, US Patent Office , United States Patent Number 7,060,09 , Issued June 13, 2006
• M. Shahinpoor “Shape Memory Alloy Temperature Sensor and Switch”, US Patent Office , Patent No. 7,220,051 , Issued May 22, 2007
• M. Shahinpoor and K. J. Kim, "Method of Fabricating a Dry Electro-Active Polymeric Synthetic Muscle”, US Patent Office , Patent No. 7,276,090 , Issued October 2, 2007
• M. Shahinpoor “Electrically-Controllable Multi-Fingered Resilient Heart Compression Devices”, CIP to US Patent No. Number 6,464,655 , US Patent Office , Patent No. 7,198,594 , Issued April 3, (2007)

• "System and Device For Correcting Hyperopia and Presbyopia", US Patent Office , Patent Pending, Application Number 11/626,774 , Submitted  1/24/2007

• " Wire Equipped with Electrically Bendable Distal Tip Made with Artificial Muscle ", US Patent Office , Provisional Patent Pending, Provisional Application Number 60005205, submitted 11/10/2006

• "Synthetic Muscle-Based Multi-Powered Active Contact Lens”, US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/358,530 , February (2006), Patent Pending

• "Surgical Correction of Ptosis by Polymeric Artificial Muscles", US Patent Office, Serial No. 11/318,665 , December (2005), Patent Pending

  
  

The Artificial Muscle Research Institute (AMRI) was established by Regents Professor Mohsen Shahinpoorat in 1996. Professor Mohsen Shahinpoor, was a Regents professor in the School of Engineering and School of Medicine when the Institute was established. Currently the institute has been relocated to the University of Maine and Professor Shahinpoor is now the Director of the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory in which the Institute is housed. The Institute has been renamed as an Organization and is in the College of Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Maine . The Artificial Muscle Research Institute has now become the leading world institution in ionic polymeric artificial muscle research, development, and applications. The immediate goals of the institute is to develop, design, fabricate, test, and commercialize medical and industrial and domestic products based on biomimetic electrically and/or chemically controllable polymeric artificial muscles. These muscles will be used in applications relating to industrial, medical, and domestic problems. The Artificial Muscle Research Institute (AMRI) has teamed up with The FacioScapuloHumeral Muscular Dystrophy Society (http://www.fshsociety.org) and will be actively involved in developing artificial muscle-based devices and systems to help people with muscular problems and deficiencies and disabled individuals. If you want to learn more about AMRI's current projects and activities or to become a sponsor of AMRI or to support one of its current research areas, please send an e-mail to mohsen.shahinpoor@maine.edu

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  If you have any questions regarding AMRI, please contact us at:

  Artificial Muscles Research Institute
  Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  University of Maine
  Orono, ME 04469
  Tel: (207) 581 2143, (207) 356 5957 (C), Fax: (207) 581 2379

• Previous Address:

• School of Medicine
  Department of NeuroSurgery
  The University of New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM 87131
  Tel:(505)975 0888 (C),(505)272-3401, Fax:(505)272-6091

  If you want to receive complimentary samples of artificial muscles or you wish to ask a question contact:

• Professor Mohsen Shahinpoor, mohsen.shahinpoor@maine.edu ,

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