Modeling the dynamics of filaments for medical applications Academic Article

abstract

• 2014 Elsevier Ltd. We present a theoretical formulation based on the Cosserat theory of rods to describe the motion of rod-like filaments (e.g., surgical threads) used in surgical suturing. The equations of motion are simplified using certain approximations and the resulting equations are solved using the finite difference (centered difference) scheme in time and space. The boundary conditions involve the specification of the force and moment at the free end of the thread and symmetry conditions commonly encountered during surgeries. Numerical simulations of suture threads with genuine material parameters and geometries specific to surgical scenarios are presented.

authors

• Reddy, Junuthula
• Ruimi, Annie

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

author list (cited authors)

• Nuti, S., Ruimi, A., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Nuti, Sravani||Ruimi, Annie||Reddy, JN

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics  Journal

keywords

• Cosserat Theory
• Dynamics Of Rods
• Numerical Simulations
• Surgical Suturing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.06.010

start page

• 139

end page

• 148

volume

• 66

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.06.010