Kidney stone erosion by micro scale hydrodynamic cavitation and consequent kidney stone treatment

Perk, Osman Yavuz and Şeşen, Muhsincan and Gözüaçık, Devrim and Koşar, Ali (2012) Kidney stone erosion by micro scale hydrodynamic cavitation and consequent kidney stone treatment. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40 (9). pp. 1895-1902. ISSN 0090-6964 (Print) 1573-9686 (Online)

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to reveal the potential of micro scale hydrodynamic bubbly cavitation for the use of kidney stone treatment. Hydrodynamically generated cavitating bubbles were targeted to the surfaces of 18 kidney stone samples made of calcium oxalate, and their destructive effects were exploited in order to remove kidney stones in in vitro experiments. Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution was used as the working fluid under bubbly cavitating conditions in a 0.75 cm long micro probe of 147 mu m inner diameter at 9790 kPa pressure. The surface of calcium oxalate type kidney stones were exposed to bubbly cavitation at room temperature for 5 to 30 min. The eroded kidney stones were visually analyzed with a high speed CCD camera and using SEM (scanning electron microscopy) techniques. The experiments showed that at a cavitation number of 0.017, hydrodynamic bubbly cavitation device could successfully erode stones with an erosion rate of 0.31 mg/min. It was also observed that the targeted application of the erosion with micro scale hydrodynamic cavitation may even cause the fracture of the kidney stones within a short time of 30 min. The proposed treatment method has proven to be an efficient instrument for destroying kidney stones.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hydrodynamic cavitation; Microchannel; Cavitation damage; Kidney Stone Erosion
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Biological Sciences & Bio Eng.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences > Academic programs > Mechatronics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Ali Koşar
Date Deposited: 17 May 2012 15:41
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2019 10:55
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/19046

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