Medical Textiles - Issue 4, 2012
International Newsletters Ltd, April 2012
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
Fibres
- Improving the skin with medical compression stockings
Wound treatment
- Carboxymethylated cellulosic dressing in garment form
- Quick-Med expands Nimbus technology into advanced dressings
- Antimicrobial wound contact layer
- ConvaTec introduces Aquacel Extra wound dressing in the USA
Surgical
- Technical base layer designed to reduce bacteria in medical garments
Prostheses
- Expanded capabilities in weaving medical textiles for vascular grafts
Hygiene
- Schoeller Textil establishes medical division for innovative healthcare
- Absorbent article with a shape-stable threedimensional structure
- Yejimiin introduces Tencel-based panty-liner topsheet
- Composite sheet with low stiffness and superior adhesion
Business news
- SCA offers to acquire Asian hygiene products company
Fabrics
- Thermoplastic polyurethane-coated nylon fabrics for inflatable products
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