Biomimetic Anti-Adhesive Surface Microstructures on Electrosurgical Blade Fabricated by Long-Pulse Laser Inspired by Pangolin Scales
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College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, China
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State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, CAS, Xi’an 710119, China
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Micromachines 2019, 10(12), 816; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10120816
Received: 28 October 2019 / Revised: 16 November 2019 / Accepted: 23 November 2019 / Published: 26 November 2019
(This article belongs to the Collection Laser Micromachining and Microfabrication)
The electrosurgical blade is the most common invasive surgical instrument in a cutting and hemostasis process; however, the blade easily leads to the adhesion of overheated soft tissues on the blades and induces a potential danger for the patients. To minimize the adhesive tissues, we proposed the one-step surface texturing method to fabricate anti-adhesive biomimetic scales on stainless steel 316L rapidly based on the self-organized surface microstructures induced by the long-pulse fiber laser, which was inspired by the excellent performances of anti-adhesion and anti-friction in the pangolin scales. The optimal formation parameters, chemical components, and crystal structures of the laser-induced self-organized surface microstructures were investigated in the experiments. Moreover, the underlying formation mechanism was revealed. The electrosurgical blades with biomimetic scales have hydrophobicity and a smaller frictional coefficient, which effectively reduced the adhesion of soft tissue.
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Keywords:
biomimetic scales; laser microfabrication; anti-adhesion; anti-friction; electrosurgical blade; 316L
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Li, C.; Yang, Y.; Yang, L.; Shi, Z. Biomimetic Anti-Adhesive Surface Microstructures on Electrosurgical Blade Fabricated by Long-Pulse Laser Inspired by Pangolin Scales. Micromachines 2019, 10, 816.
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