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Due to the good biocompatibility, 316 l stainless steel is widely used in the manufacture of medical instruments and human implants. The super hydrophilic 316 l steel surface is used for reducing friction and adhesion. By choosing appropriate laser process parameters 316 l steel surfaces with super-hydrophilic were obtained. The effects of laser process parameters including repeat frequency, pulse width, scanning speed, and the number of scanning were investigated to find the relationship between surface microstructure and wetting ability. To investigate the super-hydrophilic maintenance time on the textured surface, the textured surfaces were preserved in ambident air, distilled water, and absolute ethanol. The results showed that by choosing appropriate laser process parameters surface with super-hydrophilicity can be maintained for 30 d.

To reduce the tissue damage caused by the cannula electrodes during the operation of deep brain stimulation, laser matching micro texture on the surface of the electrodes was proposed to reduce the friction force. Different grooves and pit arrays were fabricated on the 316L stainless steel surface using an ultra-violet nanosecond laser. The wettability of textured surfaces with different morphologies was measured by distilled water and artificial cerebrospinal fluid. Insertion experiments were carried out on porcine brains using textured steel needles. The results showed that textured steel needles have an obvious antifriction effect under the condition of the lubricant. The elliptical pit texture has the best effect of reducing friction, and the friction force can be reduced by 37.6% on average.