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Medical textiles and biomaterials for healthcare
Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Nov 2005, Pages: 520
Medical textiles are a major growth area within the technical textiles industry and the range of applications continues to grow and increase in diversity with every new development. Recent innovations include novel chitosan-alginate fibres for advanced wound dressings, ultrasonic energy for bleaching cotton medical textiles, durable and rechargeable biocidal textiles, spider silk supportive matrix for cartilage regeneration, barbed bi-directional surgical sutures and intelligent textiles for medical applications.
Medical textiles and biomaterials for healthcare is a culmination of the worldwide research into medical textiles and biomaterials. It is divided into eight parts covering the main areas of basic biomaterials, healthcare and hygiene products, infection control and barrier materials, bandaging and pressure garments, woundcare materials, implantable and medical devices and smart technologies. Each part contains a comprehensive overview written by leading experts in the area. The overviews are then followed by a selection of the best papers from the 2003 MEDTEX Conference, hosted by The University of Bolton. It has been extensively edited to produce what is expected to be the leading reference on this subject.
About the editors
Professor Subhash Anand is Professor of Technical Textiles at The University of Bolton, has published widely in a number of areas of textiles and holds three patents in technical textiles.
Professor John Frederick Kennedy is Director of Birmingham Carbohydrate and Protein Technology Group, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Birmingham and University of Birmingham Research Park, Director of Chembiotech Ltd and Inovamed Ltd, Birmingham Research Park. He has published over 500 research papers and edited over 45 books.
Dr. Mohsen Miraftab is a senior lecturer and researcher at The University of Bolton and has published a wide range of publications in medical and technical textiles.
Dr. Subbiyan Rajendran is a senior research scientist at The University of Bolton with an impressive international research and publication track record.
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