Medical Textiles - Issue 1, 2009

International Newsletters Ltd, January 2009, Pages: 12

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

- Nanofibre-reinforced polymers
- Antimicrobial hollow-core fibres
- Permanent antimicrobial protection

Fabrics

- Leg protectors for thin skin

Wound treatment

- Perforated silicone gel layer

Drug delivery

- Composite structures

Dental

- Multi-component monofilaments

Hygiene

- Hydroentangled absorbent composite nonwoven
- Panty prevents embarrassing leaks during menstruation
- Diaper with ink-printed substrate

Equipment

- SureWrap nozzles target precise adhesive coating

Business news

- 3M to acquire Futuro product line from Beiersdorf
- ConvaTec acquires Unomedical
- Hartmann acquires US maker of incontinence products
- Ethicon completes divestiture of wound care business

Reports

- Diaper market to reach US$26.6 billion by 2012

Garments

- US company launches radiation-blocking medical clothing

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