Electro-active Polymer Actuators--Types, Applications, New Developments, Industry Structure and Global Markets

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

• STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
• REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY
• CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY
• SCOPE AND FORMAT
• METHODOLOGY
• INFORMATION SOURCES
• WHOM THE STUDY CATERS TO
• AUTHOR' S CREDENTIALS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• SUMMARY TABLE A GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS, 2007 AND 2012
• SUMMARY FIGURE A GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012
• SUMMARY TABLE B NORTH AMERICAN AND GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS, 2007 AND 2012
• SUMMARY FIGURE B NORTH AMERICAN AND GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

• EAP TECHNOLOGY AND TYPES
  • EAP TECHNOLOGY AND TYPES (CONTINUED)
  • IONIC EAPS
  • ELECTRONIC EAPS
  • ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EAP GROUPS
    • TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE TWO BASIC EAP GROUPS
      • DEFINITIONS
    • TABLE 2 DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS
    • TABLE 2 DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS (CONTINUED)
• BACKGROUND OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
• EAP ACTUATOR APPLICATIONS
  • EAP ACTUATOR APPLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
  • DETAILED APPLICATIONS
    • DETAILED APPLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
    • DETAILED APPLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
    • DETAILED APPLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
• MARKET ACCORDING TO APPLICATIONS
  • MARKET ACCORDING TO APPLICATIONS (CONTINUED)
    • TABLE 3 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES BY APPLICATIONS THROUGH 2012
    • FIGURE 1 MARKET SHARE FOR EAP AND DEVICES BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012
• MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
  • MICRO-PUMPS
    • MICRO-PUMPS (CONTINUED)
  • CHECK VALVES
  • ACTIVE CATHETERS
    • ACTIVE CATHETERS (CONTINUED)
    • ACTIVE CATHETERS (CONTINUED)
    • ACTIVE CATHETERS (CONTINUED)
  • ENABLING NEW FUNCTIONALITY FOR MEDICAL DEVICES
  • MRI APPLICATIONS
  • EYE FOCUS CORRECTION
  • DISPOSABLE INFUSION PUMPS
  • MEDICAL MARKETS
    • TABLE 4 FORECAST OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS IN MICRO-PUMPS, ACTIVE CATHETERS, MRI EQUIPMENT AND EYE FOCUS CORRECTION, 2007-2012
• ROBOTICS EMULATING BIOLOGY
  • ROBOTICS EMULATING BIOLOGY (CONTINUED)
  • ROBOTICS EMULATING BIOLOGY (CONTINUED)
  • ROBOTICS MARKET
    • TABLE 5 FORECAST OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES IN DIGITAL MECHTRONICS USED IN MEDICAL BIOMETICS ROBOTICS AND TOY ROBOTICS, 2007-2012
• WALL SHEAR STRESS SENSORS
  • WALL SHEAR STRESS SENSOR MARKET
    • TABLE 6 FORECAST OF USAGE OF EAP AS SENSOR (DEVICES) IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS, 2007-2012
• WEARABLE DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS
  • WEARABLE DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER MARKET
    • TABLE 7 FORECAST OF U.S.AGE OF EAP AS A WEARABLE DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER 2007-2012
      • MARKET ACCORDING TO MATERIAL TYPES
    • TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS BY TECHNOLOGY THROUGH 2012
    • FIGURE 2 ILLU.S.TRATION OF MARKET SHARE FOR EAP ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY IN 2007 AND 2012

INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS

• FACTORS INFLUENCING MARKET PERFORMANCE
  • STANDARDIZATION, MODULARIZATION AND PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES
  • PRODUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE
  • BUSINESS MODELS AND SUCCESS STORIES
• INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
• BUSINESS MODELS AND PLAYERS
  • TABLE 9 COMPANY PRODUCT/REFERENCE OF MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS ACTUATORS
  • TABLE 10 MARKET SHARE OF TOP MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS IN 2007
    • REGIONAL MARKET
  • TABLE 11 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES BY REGION THROUGH 2012
  • FIGURE 3 REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR EAP AND DEVICES IN 2007 AND 2012
  • FIGURE 3 REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR
• EAP AND DEVICES IN 2007 AND 2012 (CONTINUED)
  • ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS
    • TABLE 12 PARTENRSHIP AND COLLABORATION DEALS OF POLYMER ACTUATORS 2000-2007

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW OF EAP ACTUATORS AND SENSORS

• DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS
  • CONSTRUCTION AND CHARACTERSTICS
    • FIGURE 4 DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER POLYMER ACTUATOR CONSTRUCTION
      • CONDUCTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS
      • IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES ACTUATORS
    • FIGURE 5 STRUCTURE OF IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES
      • COMPARISON OF EAP ACTUATORS VERSUS OTHER ACTUATORS
    • FIGURE 6 COMPARISION OF EAP ACTUATORS WITH OTHER ACTUATORS
    • FIGURE 7 PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF ACTUATORS - POLYMER ACTUATORS AND CONVENTIONAL ACTUATORS (ELECTRIC MOTORS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS AND SOLENOIDS) AND ALTERNATIVE ACTUATORS (PIEZOELECTRIC, SMA, MAGNETOSTRICTIVE).
• COMPARISON OF EAP SENSORS
  • TABLE 13 COMPARISON OF IONOMERIC POLYMER SENSORS AND PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS
    • MATERIALS USED IN EAP ACTUATORS
  • TABLE 14 MATERIALS USED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE ACTUATORS AND SENSORS
  • TABLE 14 MATERIALS USED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE ACTUATORS AND SENSORS (CONTINUED)
  • TABLE 15 UNIT PRICES OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES -IPMC ACTUATORS
• CHARACTERSTICS OF EAP ACTUATORS
  • CHARACTERSTICS OF EAP ACTUATORS (CONTINUED)
    • TABLE 16 CHARACTERSTICS AND PROPERTIES OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER (EAP) ACTUATORS
    • TABLE 16 CHARACTERSTICS AND PROPERTIES OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER (EAP) ACTUATORS (COTINUED)
      • OTHER KEY POINTS
    • TABLE 17 COMPARISION OF WORK DENSITIES AND STRAINS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP) ACTUATORS

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND PATENT ANALYSIS

• NEW DEVELOPMENTS
  • ANDROIDS: AN APPLICATION OF EAP AS ARTIFICIAL MUSCILES IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
• U.S. PATENTS AND PATENT ANALYSIS
• PATENTS ON ELECRO-ACTIVE ACTUATORS
  • TABLE 18 NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007 (TO MAY 31)
  • FIGURE 8 TOP COMPANIES IN TERMS OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS
• INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW OF U.S. PATENT ACTIVITY
• IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS
  • TABLE 19 NUMBER OF U,S, PATENTS GRANTED BY ASSIGNED COUNTRY/REGION FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007 (TO MAY 31)
• DETAILS OF U.S. PATENTS ISSUED FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS AND DEVICES
  • SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING AN EAP ACTUATED FIRING BAR TRACK THROUGH AN ARTICULATION JOINT
  • INSULATED NANOSCOPIC PATHWAYS, COMPOSITIONS AND DEVICES OF THE SAME
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ANIMATED DEVICES
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
  • DIELECTRIC MOTORS WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING ROTATING DRIVE SHAFTS AND VEHICLES USING SAME
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
  • ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE WITH WIRELESS INTERFACE
  • UNIVERSAL, PROGRAMMABLE GUIDE CATHETER
  • ULTRASONIC IMAGING CATHETER
  • ELECTRONICALLY ACTIVATED CAPTURE DEVICE
  • SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT HAVING AN EAP ACTUATED BUTTRESS DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM
  • SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT HAVING AN EAP ACTUATED SINGLE LOCKOUT MECHANISM FOR PREVENTION OF FIRING
  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INCORPORATING EAP BLOCKING LOCKOUT MECHANISM
  • NON-UNIFORM THICKNESS ELECTRO-ACTIVE DEVICE
  • EAP DEVICES FOR MOVING FLUID
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE BASED ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTERS AND ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE PATCHES
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATED MEDICAL DEVICES
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR AND DIAPHRAGM PUMP USING THE SAME
  • FABRIC-BASED SENSOR FOR MONITORING VITAL SIGNS
  • ENERGY EFFICIENT EAPS AND EAP DEVICES
  • ROLLED EAPS
  • EAP TRANSDUCERS AND ACTUATORS
  • VARIABLE STIFFNESS EAP SYSTEMS
  • EAPS AND DEVICES MADE THEREFROM
  • POLYMERIC BLENDS FOR SENSOR AND ACTUATION DUAL FUNCTIONALITY
  • ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE
  • EAP-BASED ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTERS AND ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE PATCHES
  • UNIVERSAL PROGRAMMABLE GUIDE CATHETER
  • FABRIC OR GARMENT WITH INTEGRATED FLEXIBLE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MONITORING VITAL SIGNS OF INFANTS
  • EAP TRANSDUCERS AND ACTUATORS
  • EAP ROTARY MOTORS
  • ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS
  • SURGICAL CORRECTION OF HUMAN EYE REFRACTIVE ERRORS BY ACTIVE COMPOSITE ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE IMPLANTS
  • DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
  • ELASTOMERIC ACTUATOR DEVICES FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
  • POLYMER-POLYMER BILAYER ACTUATOR
  • EAP FABRICATION
  • EAP ANIMATED DEVICES
  • EAP THERMAL ELECTRIC GENERATORS

APPENDIX I - COMPANY PROFILES

• ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE, INC.
• BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INC
• CHIPRX, INC. U.S.A.
• DANFOSS A/S
• DISCOVER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
• EAMEX CORPORATION
• ENVIRONMENTAL ROBOTS INCORPORATED
• EMPA
• ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY (EES), INC
• HANSON ROBOTICS
• JET PROPULSION LAB
• MEDIPACS LLC
• MICROMUSCLE AB
• OPHTHALMOTRONICS CORPORATION U.S.A.
• SENSATEX
• SRI INTERNATIONAL
• VIVOMETRICS

APPENDIX II - LIST OF SUPPLIERS OF EAP MATERIAL

• 3M
• ABTECH SCIENTIFIC, INC.
• ALFA AESAR
• AMERICAN DYE SOURCE, INC.
• ASAHI GLASS
• BAYER
• THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
• DEGUSSA GMBH
• DUPONT
• JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
• KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST OF AMERICA, INC.
• LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
• MARKTEK INC.
• MERCK KGAA
• NANOGENESYS, INC.
• ORMECON GMBH
• PANIPOL LTD.
• RTP COMPANY
• SIGMA-ALDRICH CORPORATION
• STERLING FIBERS, INC
• SUMITOMO CHEMICAL

LIST OF TABLES

• SUMMARY TABLE A GLOBAL MARKET SIZE/PERCENTAGE SHARE FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS, 2007 AND 2012
• SUMMARY TABLE B NORTH AMERICAN AND GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS, 2007 AND 2012
• TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THE TWO BASIC EAP GROUPS
• TABLE 2 DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS
• TABLE 2 DEFINITIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 3 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES BY APPLICATIONS THROUGH 2012
• TABLE 4 FORECAST OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS IN MICRO-PUMPS, ACTIVE CATHETERS, MRI EQUIPMENT AND EYE FOCUS CORRECTION, 2007-2012
• TABLE 5 FORECAST OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES IN DIGITAL MECHTRONICS USED IN MEDICAL BIOMETICS ROBOTICS AND TOY ROBOTICS, 2007-2012
• TABLE 6 FORECAST OF USAGE OF EAP AS SENSOR (DEVICES) IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS, 2007-2012
• TABLE 7 FORECAST OF U.S.AGE OF EAP AS A WEARABLE DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER 2007-2012
• TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS BY TECHNOLOGY THROUGH 2012
• TABLE 9 COMPANY PRODUCT/REFERENCE OF MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS ACTUATORS
• TABLE 10 MARKET SHARE OF TOP MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS IN 2007
• TABLE 11 SUMMARY OF GLOBAL MARKET OF ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES BY REGION THROUGH 2012
• TABLE 12 PARTENRSHIP AND COLLABORATION DEALS OF POLYMER ACTUATORS 2000-2007
• TABLE 13 COMPARISON OF IONOMERIC POLYMER SENSORS AND PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS
• TABLE 14 MATERIALS USED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE ACTUATORS AND SENSORS
• TABLE 14 MATERIALS USED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE ACTUATORS AND SENSORS (CONTINUED)
• TABLE 15 UNIT PRICES OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES -IPMC ACTUATORS
• TABLE 16 CHARACTERSTICS AND PROPERTIES OF ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER (EAP) ACTUATORS
• TABLE 16 CHARACTERSTICS AND PROPERTIES OF ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER (EAP) ACTUATORS (COTINUED)
• TABLE 17 COMPARISION OF WORK DENSITIES AND STRAINS OF ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP) ACTUATORS
• TABLE 18 NUMBER OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED TO COMPANIES MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007 (TO MAY 31)
• TABLE 19 NUMBER OF U,S, PATENTS GRANTED BY ASSIGNED COUNTRY/REGION FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007 (TO MAY 31)

LIST OF FIGURES

• SUMMARY FIGURE A GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012
• SUMMARY FIGURE B NORTH AMERICAN AND GLOBAL MARKET FOR ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012
• FIGURE 1 MARKET SHARE FOR EAP AND DEVICES BY APPLICATION IN 2007 AND 2012
• FIGURE 2 ILLU.S.TRATION OF MARKET SHARE FOR EAP ACTUATORS AND SENSORS BY TECHNOLOGY IN 2007 AND 2012
• FIGURE 3 REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR EAP AND DEVICES IN 2007 AND 2012
• FIGURE 3 REGIONAL PERCENTAGES OF MARKET SHARE FOR EAP AND DEVICES IN 2007 AND 2012 (CONTINUED)
• FIGURE 4 DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER POLYMER ACTUATOR CONSTRUCTION
• FIGURE 5 STRUCTURE OF IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES
• FIGURE 6 COMPARISION OF EAP ACTUATORS WITH OTHER ACTUATORS
• FIGURE 7 PERFORMANCE COMPARISON OF ACTUATORS - POLYMER ACTUATORS AND CONVENTIONAL ACTUATORS (ELECTRIC MOTORS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS AND SOLENOIDS) AND ALTERNATIVE ACTUATORS (PIEZOELECTRIC, SMA, MAGNETOSTRICTIVE)
• FIGURE 8 TOP COMPANIES IN TERMS OF U.S. PATENTS GRANTED IN ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS AND SENSORS