Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi

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The elastic frontier: dielectric elastomer actuators in healthcare technology

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba, Simon Holzer

This review presents a detailed survey of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) and their emerging role in medical applications. DEAs are distinguished by their flexibility, low weight, and excellent biocompatibility, making them well-suited for a wide ran ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2025

DEMO: Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for the restoration of facial movements

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Simon Holzer, Andres Osorio Salazar, Marc Michel Charles Favier

Facial paralysis is a highly burdening condition, resulting in a patient's inability to move his musculature on one or both sides of the mouth. The restoration of facial movement is crucial for enhancing the overall patients' quality of life. The use of DE ...

SPIE2025

DEA Self-discharge Characterization for Low Duty Cycle Applications

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Raphaël Johannes Charles Mottet

This publication presents the characterization of self discharging Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) in order to give place to low duty cycle applications, during which a DEA must remain actuated for long periods of time. DEAs typically present a low c ...

IEEE2021

Force measurements of planar dielectric elastomer actuators

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Simon Holzer

Soft actuators, such as dielectric elastomer actuators, are often optimized with a focus on achieving maximum deformation and flexibility. However, for practical use and integration into various applications, the generated force and the achieved work are a ...

SPIE2025

Post-Paralysis Upper Facial Movement Restoration in Real Time using Soft Actuators

Baptiste Marc Tankwa, Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Quentin Philippe Mario De Menech

Facial paralysis is a challenging condition, and current treatments rely on invasive transplant surgeries using a two-stage free muscle transfer procedure. The use of artificial muscles is a novel, less invasive approach, allowing faster recovery and more ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

A Dielectric Elastomer based Miniaturized Soft Planar Microactuator

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Bhawnath Tiwari, Simon Holzer

Precise and robust positioning features are vital need in modern-day industries, particularly in the context of industrial automation within the micro/meso domain. In this work, we present a novel miniaturized planar microactuator with a total size of 40 m ...

VDE VERLAG GMBH2024

Uni-axial reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators with embedded 3D printed fibers

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Biranche Tandon

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) can be described as compliant capacitors formed by a dielectric elastomer film sandwiched between two electrodes. An applied voltage results in a compressive Maxwell stress, a thickness reduction and thus an expansion ...

2023