Medical Textiles - Issue 9, 2011

A monthly update on textiles for medical applications – one of the fastest growing sectors of the technical textiles industry. The only international source of news and information about new products, research, business and patents relating to all uses of textile materials in medical and hygiene applications, Medical Textiles covers technical developments in materials and applications – fibres, yarns and fabrics, equipment, surgical and orthopaedic applications, dental uses, hygiene – together with standards, market and industry news.

This periodical is essential reading for the fibre and textile industry, medical researchers and the medical devices and diagnostics products industry.

Topics covered include (but are not limited to):

- wound treatment
- orthopaedics
- fabrics
- surgical applications
- hygiene
- garments
- prostheses
- and more

Wound treatment

- Dressing provides visibility in-situ
- Derma Sciences receives clearance for Medihoney Hydrogel

Surgical

- Surgeons “prefer” reusable clothing in the operating theatre

Prostheses

- Nanofibre helps body regenerate blood vessels
- Bone-anchored surgical mesh

Garments

- Antibacterial treatment balances cost, durability and effectiveness

Hygiene

- Disposable absorbent article with a durable hydrophilic core wrap
- Absorbent article incorporates phase-change ink-jet inks
- Battelle develops soy-based chemistry for ‘greener’ diapers

Business news

- Avgol to add third Chinese production line
- SCA invests again in incontinence care products in Turkey

Paediatrics

- Patient warming gown protects children in the operating room