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Fracture Toughness Of A Hyperelastic Material During Surgical Cutting, Kevin Smith
Fracture Toughness Of A Hyperelastic Material During Surgical Cutting, Kevin Smith
HIM 1990-2015
Despite being one of the most important organs of vertebrates, the material properties of skin are also one of the most poorly understood. In the field of designing medical devices and surgical tools there are significant advantages to having a model that describes the interaction of forces between a blade tip and skin during surgical cutting. In general, skin can best be described as a composite layer consisting of a viscoelastic dermis with interwoven collagen and elastin fibers beneath a superficial epidermis. The purpose of this research is to study the fracture toughness of porcine skin during practical cutting applications, …