Biomechanical Modeling of Prosthetic Mesh and Human Tissue Surrogate Interaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Tissue Phantom Fabrication
2.2. Experimental Testing
2.3. Finite Element Modeling of Mesh, Tissue, and Sutures
2.4. Material Modeling
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Mechanical Testing and Characterization of Vaginal Tissue Phantoms and Prosthetic Mesh
3.2. Mechanical Testing of Sutured Prosthetic Mesh–Vaginal Tissue Phantoms
3.3. Finite Element Mesh Convergence Results
3.4. Effect of Varying Strains on the Sutured Prosthetic Mesh–Vaginal Tissue Phantom Finite Element Model
3.5. Effect of Varying Strain Rates on Sutured Prosthetic Mesh–Vaginal Tissue Phantom Finit Element Model
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Veronda–Westmann’s Hyperelastic Model | Linear Elastic Model | ||||
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Material | Strain Rate (mm/min) | E (MPa) | Poisson’s Ratio | ||
Vaginal Tissue Surrogate | 1 | 5.6 | 0.18 | - | - |
50 | 6.1 | 0.21 | - | - | |
500 | 7.4 | 0.25 | - | - | |
Prosthetic Mesh | 1 | 10.1 | 0.30 | - | - |
50 | 10.5 | 0.31 | - | - | |
500 | 11.1 | 0.37 | - | - | |
Suture | - | - | - | 130 | 0.23 |
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Chanda, A.; Ruchti, T.; Upchurch, W. Biomechanical Modeling of Prosthetic Mesh and Human Tissue Surrogate Interaction. Biomimetics 2018, 3, 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics3030027
Chanda A, Ruchti T, Upchurch W. Biomechanical Modeling of Prosthetic Mesh and Human Tissue Surrogate Interaction. Biomimetics. 2018; 3(3):27. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics3030027
Chicago/Turabian StyleChanda, Arnab, Tysum Ruchti, and Weston Upchurch. 2018. "Biomechanical Modeling of Prosthetic Mesh and Human Tissue Surrogate Interaction" Biomimetics 3, no. 3: 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics3030027