Urinary catheter has been widely used as a solution for urinary incontinence problem. But it can induce pressure stress at
the human bladder neck. However, owing to the complexities in balloon geometries, material properties and interactions in
bladder, analyses of the complete stress inflation of balloon are limited. This study describes some numerical simulations
of the expansion phase of catheter balloon on bladder and to study the stress distribution at the balloon. In order to investigate
the mechanical characteristics of inflation catheter balloon, a three-dimensional model of the complete catheter balloon were
developed, which made the simulation well close to the real situation. Finite element analysis (FEA) ABAQUS 6.4-PR11 was used
to simulate the balloon inflation and deflation. The hyperelastic behavior of the Mooney-Rivlin model is considered. Mechanical
properties of the balloon have been taken from the literature. Simulated results showed that the stress distributed on the
surface of the balloon. The maximum Von Mises stress for natural rubber from the analysis is 5.11 MPa. High stress concentrates
on the center of it. In conclusion, FEM can help illustrate and quantify some mechanical characteristics of the balloon and
it would be helpful for the general understanding of inflation of urinary catheter balloon.
Keywords Urinary Catheter - Finite Element Analysis - Mooney-Rivlin - ABAQUS - Hyperelastic Behavior