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Medical textiles are one of the most rapidly expanding sectors in the technical textile market, according to reports, and hosiery products with medical industry applications are among a long list of textile products being consumed in that market

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Introduction

Combination of textile technology and medical sciences has resulted into a new field called medical textiles. New areas of application for medical textiles have been identified with the development of new fibers and manufacturing technologies for yarns and fabrics. Development in the field of textiles, either natural or manmade textiles, normally aimed at how they enhance the comfort to the users. Development of medical textiles can be considered as one such development, which is really meant for converting the painful days of patients into the comfortable days.

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Characteristics of materials for medical use

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The major requirements for biomedical polymers

v v v v v v v v v Non toxicity No allergenic response The ability to be sterilized Mechanical properties Strength Elasticity Durability Biocompatibility As biomedical materials may be contaminated with bacteria, sterilization is important for biomedical polymers. The sterilization technique can be physical or chemical.

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Fibers used for medical and healthcare application

Textiles materials that are used in medical applications include fibers, yarns, fabrics and composites. Depending upon the application, the major requirements of medical textiles are absorbency, tenacity, flexibility, softness and at times biostability or biodegradability.

Fibers used in medical field may vary from natural fiber such as cotton, silk, regenerated wood fluff (absorbent layer), to, manmade fibers like polyester, polyamide, polyethylene, glass etc.

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The various applications of different fiber in medical field are shown as follows:
Current Issues

Sr No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Fibre

Application in medical field Surgical clothing gowns, Beddings, Sheets, Pillow cover, Uniforms, Surgical hosiery Caps, Masks, Wipes Gowns, Masks, Surgical cover drapes, Blankets, Coverstock Surgical hosiery Protective clothing Surgical covers, Drapes Caps mask Surgical hosiery

Cotton Viscose Polyester Polyamide Polypropylene Polyethylene Glass Elastomeric

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Classification of Medical Textiles

These are the textile products for medical applications include materials as fibers, yarns, woven, knitted, nonwoven, PTFE felts and mesh etc. Depending upon the usage, they are classified as
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Healthcare and Hygiene products Extracorporeal devices Implantable materials Non-implantable materials

(Source: Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh )

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Medical textiles can be classified as follows:

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Healthcare & hygienic products

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important area of textile is the healthcare and hygiene sector among other

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Product application Surgical clothing gowns Caps masks Surgical covers Drapes cloth Beddings, Blankets, Sheets Pillow covers Clothing uniforms Protective clothing Incontinence Diaper sheet Coverstock Absorbent layer Outer layer Cloths/ Wipes Surgical hosiery Fibre type Cotton, Polyester, Viscose rayon, Polypropylene Viscose rayon, Polyester, Viscose, Glass Polyester, Polyethylene Polyester, Polyethylene Cotton, Polyester Cotton Cotton Cotton, Polyester Polyester, Polypropylene Polyester, Polypropylene Wood fluff Superabsorbents Polyethylene fibre Viscose rayon Fabric type Nonwoven, Woven Nonwoven Nonwoven Nonwoven or Woven Nonwoven or Woven Woven, Knitted Woven Woven Woven Nonwoven Nonwoven Nonwoven Nonwoven Nonwoven

Polyamide, Polyester, Cotton, Nonwoven Elastomeric yarns Knitted

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These are extracorporeally mounted devices used to support the function of vital organs, such as kidney, liver, lung, heart pacer etc. The extracorporeal devices are mechanical organs that are used for blood purification and include the artificial kidney (dialyzer), the artificial liver, and the mechanical lung. The function and performance of these devices benefit from fiber and textile technology.

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Textile fibres, yarns, fabrics, composites and 3-D shaped fabrics from woven, knitted, nonwoven, braided and embroidery play a vital role in the manufacture of various implants, including the replacement of diseased or non-functioning blood vessels and segments of aorta or other big arteries. It is even feasible to produce vascular prosthesis as fine as 2-3mm in diameter. These materials are used in effecting repair to the body whether it is wound closure (sutures) or replacement surgery (vascular grafts, artificial ligaments etc)

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Implantable materials Products

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These materials used for external applications on the body and may or may not make contact with skin. They are made from co-polymer of two amino acids. This includes wound care, bandages, plasters, pressure garments, orthopedic belts etc.

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Non-implantable materials

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Medical textile global scenario

It is the 5th in the textile market size with respect to other twelve textile application Recently a survey of medical textiles conducted by the tata economy consultancy services has estimated the market size in terms of value 17093 (Rs Mn) in 2005 and it would be 302018 (Rs Mn) Market size of medical textile in India in the value terms (Rs Mn) 2005 is 338. It is estimated up to 575 (Rs Mn) 2010 The forecast for the world medical textile consumption in volume and value terms for 2010 is 2380 tones and 8238 (Mn USD) respectively

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Consumption of different categories of medical textiles

SR Medical Product TextileMarket potential (Rs Mn) 2005 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sanitary Napkins Surgical dressing Health care textiles Sutures Medical devices Implants 4819 5828 1491 3160 &1190 Incontinence diapers 605 2010 8519 1070 10302 2635 5587 2104

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Current research initiatives are focused on

1) Development of engineered tissue constructs (e.g., cartilage and bone-like tissues) to replace diseased or injured organs, 1) Establishment of simple in vitro disease model system (especially for arthritis, degenerative Intervertebral disc) by microfabricating tissue equivalents with precise spatiotemporal and cellular microenvironments, using cells and Textile polymer based constructs (made up of rapid prototyping, weaving, knitting, nonwoven, Fibrehydrogel composite). 1) To design some 'smart' textile architectures for medical applications, such as Hernia mesh, post-surgical adhesion preventive barrier, etc.

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Examples of recent new product developments:

Self cleaning WWB garment (nanotech approach) B. Functional wool fabric/textile
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C. Antimicrobial wool fibre/fabrics D. Nanofibre biomat scaffold

E. Reconstitute biofibre F. Anti microbial biofibre

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Textiles are more and more developing into interdisciplinary high-tech products with interesting changes in the market. Medical Textile Competence Centers are being established to make the most of knowledge, expertise and existing collaboration with medical researchers, microbiologists, physiologists and textile scientists. Each country has its own regulations and standards for medical textiles. As medical procedures continue to develop, the demand for textile materials is bound to grow.