Creep of PVDF monofilament sutures: Service performance prediction from short-term tests

Polymer

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4293-4300

  Mano, João F ^a   Lopes, João L ^b   Silva, Rui A ^b   Brostow, Witold ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Mechanical performance; Relaxation behaviour

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FORMABILITY; FUNCTIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

MONOFILAMENT SUTURES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLYMER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLUORINATION; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PREDICTION; SUTURE; THIN FILAMENT; VASCULAR SURGERY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CREEP; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MEDICAL TEXTILE; MONOFILAMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SUTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0038608171     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(03)00361-6     Document Type: Article

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