Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Untethered Artificial Muscle Actuator

MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611017534 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Delhi on February 17, 2026, for Untethered Artificial Muscle Actuator.

Inventors include Santapuri, Sushma; and Gupta, Devansh.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: Examples of untethered artificial muscle actuators (100) are described herein. In some examples, the actuator (100) includes a tubular chamber (102) formed of an magnetoactive elastomeric material and sealed to define a closed internal volume. A phase-change medium (104) is disposed within the internal volume of the tubular chamber (102), and a magnetically responsive mate...