Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes

Haytam Kasem; Harel Shriki; Lihi Ganon; Michael Mizrahi; Kareem Abd-Rbo; Abraham J. Domb

doi:10.1007/s40544-018-0227-5

Rubber plunger surface texturing for friction reduction in medical syringes

Haytam Kasem^*, Harel Shriki, Lihi Ganon, Michael Mizrahi, Kareem Abd-Rbo, Abraham J. Domb

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School of Pharmacy

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	351-358
Number of pages	8
Journal	Friction
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-018-0227-5
State	Published - 1 Aug 2019

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friction
medical syringes
plunger
rubber
surface texturing
syringe

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