Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes

Abstract

Friction is a genuine issue in the use of many medical devices involving rubbery materials such as plungers in medical syringes. This paper presents a new direction for the reduction of friction in medical syringes based on surface texturing of the rubber plunger. The specimens were prepared by casting poly(vinylsiloxane) (PVS) rubber into a pre-fabricated negative template obtained by 3D printing. Friction tests were performed on a home-made test-rig. It was clearly shown that friction resistance can be considerably manipulated when using textured plungers.

Contributors

Haytam KASEM:

Bio :

Haytam KASEM. He received his M.S. degree in mechanical engineer¬ing from the University of Haute Alsace in Mulhouse, France, in 2004. He received his PhD degree in tribology of composite materials from the University of Orleans, France, in 2008. He joined the Tribology Laboratory at Technion, Israel, in 2012 and the Azrieli College of Engineering in Jerusalem, Israel, in 2013. His current position is an assistant professor. His research areas cover the tribology of bionic microstructures, bio- tribology, mechano-chemical surface treatment and tribology of friction brakes.

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): Friction

Title: Friction

Publisher: Tsinghua University Press (Beijing/Hong Kong )

ISSN (Electronic): 2223-7704

ISSN (Print): 2223-7690

Publication date (Print): 01 August 2019

Publication date (Electronic): 01 October 2019

Volume: 7

Issue: 4

Pages: 351-358

Affiliations

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of Engineering, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

²Tribology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel

³School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9103501, Israel

Author notes

*Corresponding author: Haytam KASEM, E-mail: haytamka@ 123456jce.ac.il

Article

Publisher ID: s40544-018-0227-5

DOI: 10.1007/s40544-018-0227-5

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Subject: Research Articles