%0 Journal Article %J MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. C, BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS, SENSORS AND SYSTEMS %D 2008 %T Electroactive Carbon Nanotube Actuators: Soft-Lithographic Fabrication and Electro-chemical Modelling %A A. Mazzoldi %A M. Tesconi %A A. Tognetti %A W. Rocchia %A G. Vozzi %A G. Pioggia %A A. Ahluwalia %A D. De Rossi %K Bioengineering %B MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. C, BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS, SENSORS AND SYSTEMS %P – %G eng %0 Journal Article %J WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health %D 2005 %T Osmolality control by inhalation or micro-infusions? %A Ciofani, G. %A A. Landi %A D. Mazzei %A A. Mazzoldi %K Bioengineering %X

A model of osmolarity is proposed in this paper. This model represents a typical example of embedded physiological feedback control in physiology. Extensive simulation tests with a compartmental approach (using the specific software SAAM II) have been performed, showing that the model agrees with the findings published in the literature of endocrine physiology and with medical practice. As a relevant example of application of the models, the diabetes insipidus pathology was considered. In the case of central insipidus diabetes, it is possible to predict effects of a therapy, giving out synthetic ADH (where ADH is the antidiuretic hormone, the vasopressine) for restoring homeostatic conditions. Two kinds of therapy were considered: supply by inhalation or by microinfusion. In the first case, we evaluated the effect of inhalation using a two compartmental model to describe the effect of commercial drug (minirin, that means desmopressine acetate), and compared results with data existing in the literature. In the second case, the aim was to have a helping tool in the study and development of micro-infusors with sensors and controllers embedded so as to be able to release a controlled drug quantity, accorded to the patient and optimized for avoiding hyper- or ipo-concentrations of plasma ADH hormone. In this case, we used a mono-compartmental model, considering that the drug is infused directly in the plasma; results are again compared with data existing in the literature and with experimental data.

%B WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health %V 9 %P 559-570 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Proc. and 2005 European Control Conf. Decision and Control CDC-ECC '05. 44th IEEE Conf %D 2005 %T Physiological Cybernetics: Model of Osmolality and Volemia %A Ciofani, G. %A A. Landi %A D. Mazzei %A A. Mazzoldi %K Bioengineering %B Proc. and 2005 European Control Conf. Decision and Control CDC-ECC '05. 44th IEEE Conf %P 5552–5557 %G eng %R 10.1109/CDC.2005.1583046 %0 Book Section %B Sensor and sensing in biology and engineering %D 2003 %T Active dressware: wearable kinesthetic systems %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %K Bioengineering %B Sensor and sensing in biology and engineering %I Springer Wien %P 379-392 %G eng %0 Journal Article %J AUTEX Research Journal %D 2003 %T Electroactive Fabrics And Wearable Biomonitoring Devices %A D. De Rossi %A F. Carpi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A R. Paradiso %A E. P. Scilingo %A A. Tognetti %K Bioengineering %B AUTEX Research Journal %V 3 %P 180-185 %8 December %G eng %0 Journal Article %J IEEE Sensors Journal %D 2003 %T Strain-Sensing Fabrics for Wearable Kinaesthetic-Like Systems %A E. P. Scilingo %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A D. De Rossi %K Bioengineering %B IEEE Sensors Journal %V 3 %P 460-467 %8 August %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society %D 2003 %T Wearable Sensory-Motor Orthoses for Tele-Rehabilitation %A A. Tognetti %A F. Carpi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %A M. Tesconi %A D. De Rossi %K Bioengineering %B 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society %C Cancun,Mexico %P 3724-3727 %8 September %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B International Interactive Textiles for the Warrior Conference %D 2002 %T Active dressware: Wearable kinestetic system %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %K Bioengineering %B International Interactive Textiles for the Warrior Conference %C Boston, USA %8 July %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B The first IEEE International Conference on Sensors %D 2002 %T Electroactive Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems %A D. De Rossi %A F. Carpi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A E. P. Scilingo %A A. Tognetti %K Bioengineering %B The first IEEE International Conference on Sensors %C Orlando, Florida %P 1608-1613 %8 June %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring %D 2002 %T Electroactive Fibers and Fabrics for Distributed, Conformable and Interactive Systems %A D. De Rossi %A F. Carpi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A E. P. Scilingo %A A. Tognetti %K Bioengineering %B Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring %C Cachan, France %8 July %G eng %0 Journal Article %J AUTEX Research Journal %D 2002 %T Smart textiles for wearable motion capture systems %A A. Mazzoldi %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A E. P. Scilingo %A R. Paradiso %K Bioengineering %B AUTEX Research Journal %V 2 %P 199-203 %8 December %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Proc. Int. Worksh. on Electroactive Polymers and Biosystems %D 2001 %T Active dressware: wearable haptics systems %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B Proc. Int. Worksh. on Electroactive Polymers and Biosystems %C Lucca, Italy %P 155-158 %8 July %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B 5th International Symposium on Wearable Computers %D 2001 %T Active dressware :wearable proprioceptive system based on electroactive polymers %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A E. P. Scilingo %A P. Orsini %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B 5th International Symposium on Wearable Computers %C Zurich, Switzerland %P 161-162 %8 October %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B MRS Fall Meeting %D 2001 %T Electroactive polymer based skin and muscles for man machine interfaces %A F. Carpi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A G. Pioggia %A E. P. Scilingo %K Man-machine Interface %B MRS Fall Meeting %C Boston, USA %8 December %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Fifth Workshop on Multifunctional Polymer and Smart Polymer Systems %D 2001 %T Haptic smart skins: from biomimetics reasoning to wearing technology %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A R. Paradiso %A E. P. Scilingo %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B Fifth Workshop on Multifunctional Polymer and Smart Polymer Systems %C Wollongong, Australia %8 January %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B First International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions %D 2001 %T Piezoresistive fabrics for monitoring body kinematics and gesture %A A. Ahluwalia %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B First International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions %C Sapporo, Japan %P 395-399 %8 September %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B Proceedings of SPIE %D 2001 %T Strain-amplified electroactive polymer actuator for haptic interfaces %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A W. Rocchia %A E. P. Scilingo %K Bioengineering %K Haptics %B Proceedings of SPIE %C Newport Beach, USA %P 43-53 %8 July %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B 5th International Symposium on Wearable Computers %D 2001 %T Wearable technology for multisensory expressive gesture applications %A R. Paradiso %A M. Pacelli %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A E. P. Scilingo %A P. Orsini %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B 5th International Symposium on Wearable Computers %C Zurich, Switzerland %8 October %G eng %0 Book Section %B Sensors and Microsystems %D 2001 %T Wearable thermo- and piezoresistive sensors: realization and properties %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A E. P. Scilingo %K Piezoresistive sensor %K Smart Textiles %B Sensors and Microsystems %I World Scientific %P 195-200 %G eng %0 Conference Paper %B 1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine AND Biology %D 2000 %T Monitoring Body Kinematics and Gesture Through Sensing Fabrics %A D. De Rossi %A F. Lorussi %A A. Mazzoldi %A P. Orsini %A E. P. Scilingo %K Biomechanics %K Smart Textiles %B 1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine AND Biology %C Lyon, France %P 587-592 %8 October %G eng