Uniaxial Suture Strength Testing

Class: BE210
Group: 102_B2

Members:

Brandon Chen

Stephen Cifelli

Robert Metter

Ek Kia Tan

Date: April 2006

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Hypothesis

The running locked stitch will be able to withstand a significantly greater force than the interrupted stitch before rupturing.

Aim 1: Construction of suture samples

· Suture using running locked and interrupted stitch techniques

Aim 2: Characterization of suture samples

• Uniaxial tensile test using Instron
• Construction of Force vs. Displacement graph

Determination of Failure Force (Maximum Applied Force) from Force vs. Displacement graph