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 prepare...
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| author | Haytam Kasem Harel Shriki Lihi Ganon Michael Mizrahi Kareem Abd-Rbo Abraham J. Domb |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a0fab197e5594dbd9e9ec3cf57b442de2025-08-20T03:48:42ZengTsinghua University PressFriction2223-76902223-77042018-10-017435135810.1007/s40544-018-0227-5Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringesHaytam Kasem0Harel Shriki1Lihi Ganon2Michael Mizrahi3Kareem Abd-Rbo4Abraham J. Domb5Department of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of EngineeringSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Azrieli College of EngineeringSchool of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, the Hebrew UniversityAbstract 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.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40544-018-0227-5syringerubberplungersurface texturingfrictionmedical syringes |
| spellingShingle | Haytam Kasem Harel Shriki Lihi Ganon Michael Mizrahi Kareem Abd-Rbo Abraham J. Domb Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes Friction syringe rubber plunger surface texturing friction medical syringes |
| title | Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| title_full | Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| title_fullStr | Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| title_short | Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| title_sort | rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes |
| topic | syringe rubber plunger surface texturing friction medical syringes |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40544-018-0227-5 |
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