Elimination of stick-slip of elastomeric sutures by radiofrequency glow discharge deposited coatings

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 235-243

  Griesser, Hans J ^a   Chatelier, Ronald C ^a   Martin, Chris ^b   Vasic, Zoran R ^a   Gengenbach, Thomas R ^a   Jessup, George ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Davis and Geek (Cyanamid) Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular sutures; Elastomeric sutures; Friction; Glow discharge coatings; Novafil ; Polybutester; Silazanes; Siloxanes; Stick slip behavior

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; POLYMER; SILOXANE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DEVICE; FRICTION; OSCILLATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SUTURES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0034079344     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(2000)53:3<235::AID-JBM8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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