TY - JOUR
T1 - Antiadhesion Function between a Biological Surface and a Metallic Device Interface at High Temperature by Wettability Control
AU - Park, Jun Yong
AU - Tenjimbayashi, Mizuki
AU - Muto, Jun
AU - Shiratori, Seimei
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Dr. Kyu-Hong Kyung whose comments and suggestions were greatly valuable throughout our study, and Dr. Kouji Fujimoto who gave us the advice of writing this article. We are indebted to Dr. Yoshio Hotta, whose relevant comments were an enormous help. A part of this work was supported by JSPS Kakenhi Grant JP17K04992, 1997.
Funding Information:
A part of this work was supported by JSPS Kakenhi Grant JP17K04992 1997.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2018/5/14
Y1 - 2018/5/14
N2 - During operations, medical doctors use various medical equipment that is mainly manufactured from metallic materials. Bipolar forceps are used for electrosurgery, especially neurosurgery. Bipolar forceps are utilized for cutting, inosculation, and quick hemostasis with electricity. Because bipolar tips reach a high temperature, the tissue that makes contact with the tips and nearby tissue is damaged. In addition, operations are delayed because of the need to wash or change equipment because of tissue adhering to the bipolar tips. Herein, we designed bipolar forceps with antiadhesion properties by coating them with a superhydrophobic material. We compared the effect of the coating by using bipolar forceps in different tissue samples and target areas, which reached different surface temperatures. Furthermore, the effect of the surface wettability was investigated. The temperature measurements and adhesion force measurements indicated that coating of the sample significantly limited the temperature increase and reduced the adhesion force. We demonstrated that the antiadhesion properties depended on the change in the surface tension of the hydrophobic material coating. These coatings are promising for decreasing tissue adhesion on metallic devices and decreasing collateral heat damage to the tissue.
AB - During operations, medical doctors use various medical equipment that is mainly manufactured from metallic materials. Bipolar forceps are used for electrosurgery, especially neurosurgery. Bipolar forceps are utilized for cutting, inosculation, and quick hemostasis with electricity. Because bipolar tips reach a high temperature, the tissue that makes contact with the tips and nearby tissue is damaged. In addition, operations are delayed because of the need to wash or change equipment because of tissue adhering to the bipolar tips. Herein, we designed bipolar forceps with antiadhesion properties by coating them with a superhydrophobic material. We compared the effect of the coating by using bipolar forceps in different tissue samples and target areas, which reached different surface temperatures. Furthermore, the effect of the surface wettability was investigated. The temperature measurements and adhesion force measurements indicated that coating of the sample significantly limited the temperature increase and reduced the adhesion force. We demonstrated that the antiadhesion properties depended on the change in the surface tension of the hydrophobic material coating. These coatings are promising for decreasing tissue adhesion on metallic devices and decreasing collateral heat damage to the tissue.
KW - antiadhesion
KW - bipolar forceps
KW - electrosurgery device
KW - high temperature
KW - hydrophobic
KW - superhydrophobic
KW - wettability control
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U2 - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00387
DO - 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00387
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046945995
SN - 2373-9878
VL - 4
SP - 1891
EP - 1899
JO - ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
JF - ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
IS - 5
ER -