Mechanical properties of mosquito nets in the context of hernia repair

Abstract

The paper deals with issue of applying mosquito nets as implants in hernia repair, which have already been used in resource-poor developing countries. Uniaxial tensile tests have been conducted on polyester mosquito meshes in two orthogonal directions. Non-linear elastic constitutive laws parameters have been identified to be applied in dense net material models. Mechanical performance of tested mosquito nets has been compared with properties of commercial implants used in treatment of hernia and with properties of human tissue. This study contributes to mechanical knowledge of hernia repair issue by investigation of cheaper alternative to commercial implants.

Keywords::

• hernia implants
• mosquito net
• mechanical properties
• tensile test
• Murnaghan model
• dense net model

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Funding

This study is partially supported by the subsidy for young scientists given by the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology.