Influence of surgical suture properties on the tribological interactions with artificial skin by a capstan experiment approach

Gangqiang ZHANG; Tianhui REN; Xiangqiong ZENG; Emile VAN DER HEIDE

doi:10.1007/s40544-017-0140-3

Friction 2017, 5(1): 87-98 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-017-0140-3

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Influence of surgical suture properties on the tribological interactions with artificial skin by a capstan experiment approach

Show Author's Information Hide Author's Information Gangqiang ZHANG^{¹^,²^,³}, Tianhui REN^³, Xiangqiong ZENG^{¹^,²}(

), Emile VAN DER HEIDE^{²^,⁴}

¹ Advanced Lubricating Materials Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

² Laboratory for Surface Technology and Tribology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500AE, the Netherlands

³ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

⁴ TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Stevinweg 1, Delft

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CN, the Netherlands

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friction, sliding, surgical suture, artificial skin, capstan experiment

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ZHANG G, REN T, ZENG X, et al. Influence of surgical suture properties on the tribological interactions with artificial skin by a capstan experiment approach. Friction, 2017, 5(1): 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-017-0140-3

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Tribological interactions between surgical suture and human tissue play an important role in the stitching process. The purpose of the paper is to understanding the tribological behavior of surgical suture interacting with artificial skin, with respect to surgical suture material and structure, by means of a capstan experiment approach and a contact area model. The results indicated that structure and surface topography of the surgical suture had a pronounced effect on the tribological interactions. The apparent coefficient of friction of vicryl surgical suture was the smallest among the three surgical suture materials. As the sliding velocity increased, or the applied load decreased, the coefficient of friction increased. Furthermore, stick-slip phenomena were observed during the sliding procedure.

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Influence of surgical suture properties on the tribological interactions with artificial skin by a capstan experiment approach

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information Gangqiang ZHANG^{¹^,²^,³}, Tianhui REN^³, Xiangqiong ZENG^{¹^,²}(

), Emile VAN DER HEIDE^{²^,⁴}

¹ Advanced Lubricating Materials Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China

² Laboratory for Surface Technology and Tribology, University of Twente, Enschede 7500AE, the Netherlands

³ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

⁴ TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Stevinweg 1, Delft

2628

CN, the Netherlands

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Keywords: friction, sliding, surgical suture, artificial skin, capstan experiment

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Received: 08 August 2016

Revised: 26 October 2016

Accepted: 11 December 2016

Published: 07 March 2017

Issue date: March 2017

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The authors are grateful to Marie Curie CIG (No. PCIG10-GA-2011-303922), the Shanghai Municipal “Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan” International Cooperation Project (No. 15540723600) for the financial support.

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