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 shah@unm.edu. .

• 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, 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
• 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 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 and M. Mojarrad,"Ionic Polymer Sensors and Actuators,", US Patent 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)

The Artificial Muscle Research Institute (AMRI) was established by Regents Professor Mohsen Shahinpoorat in 1996. Professor Mohsen Shahinpoor, Regents professor in the School of Engineering and School of Medicine , is currently the Director of the Institute. 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 amri@unm.edu

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