ASSIGNMENT ON MEDICAL TEXTILE

Submitted to:
Prof. Syed Fakhrul Hasan.
Chairman
Dept. of textile engineering
SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
Submitted by :

M.M. HASAN MUSTAFA. ID : 2015100400037

ATAUS SAMAD. ID : 2013200400052

SHIDUL ISLAM. ID:201700400049

RAZIUL HAQUE MARJU. ID:201700400090

INTRODUCTION :

Medical textile can be defined as fibre based products or structures used for first aid or the clinical treatment
of a wound or medical condition.

It is a highly specialized and bio compatible technical textile, used for medical and hygiene application
called ‘MEDTECH’.

Different Types of Medical Textile

It is a combination of textile technology and medical science. In the field of medical application, technical
textiles are not just used in contact with skin, but also fulfill important functions within the body (intra-
corporal applications like implants). Technical textiles offer medical and hygiene industry with unparalleled
protection, comfort and cost saving. It has become possible only due to development of new yarns and
manufacturing technologies of yarn and fabric.

Different Types of Medical Textile

CONSTITUENT ELEMENT OF MEDICAL TEXTILE PRODUCTS :-

APPLICATION OF MEDICAL TEXTILE :

 Protective and healthcare textiles

 Dressings, bandages, pressure garments and prosthetics
 Hygiene products
 Antiseptic wound dressings.

REQUIREMENTS OF TEXTILE MATERIAL FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS :

 Biocompatible and sterile

 Anti Allergenic and anti Bacterial
 Good resistance to alkalis, acids and micro-organisms
 Good dimensional stability and elasticity
 Free from contamination or impurities
 Absorption / Repellency and air permeability
 White staple fiber
 Biodegradable and Environment friendly
MEDICAL TEXTILE IS A SMART MATERIAL :

At the beginning of using medical textiles, it could be used as an antimicrobial material but nowadays
medical textiles are using as smart material. For use as a cardiac supporting device, it acts as smart
materials.

Such kind of application is used as a medical textile for smart materials. Generally, nanofiber-based fabric
are using to produce this fabric.

Nanofiber based on smart medical fabrics.

Smart medical textiles are used also drug delivery dressing applications, smart bandage and clusters. It is
also applicable for the respiratory system, neural activity, thermoregulation, physiotherapy process. Optical
based smart medical fabrics are used to environment measuring. So it is said that medical textiles based
smart material are playing a vital role in the smart material industry.

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEDICAL TEXTILES AS A SMART MATERIAL:

 Act simultaneously as sensors and actuators.

 Perform controlled mechanical action without any external mechanisms.
 They are adaptive with environmental conditions.
 High level of miniaturization.

CLASSIFICATION OF MEDICAL TEXTILE :

1. Non-plantable medical textile: Use as wound dressing, plaster, bandage, gauge etc.
2. Implantable medical textile: Use as suture, artificial ligament, artificial joint etc.
3. Extracorporeal device: Use as artificial kidney, artificial liver, artificial lungs etc.
4. Health care and hygiene product: Use as bedding and pillow cover in hospital, surgical gown,
surgical musk, gloves etc.
MEDICAL TEXTILE PRODUCTS :

Hollow polyester fiber, hollow viscose

Application: Artificial kidney
Function: Remove waste products from patient s blood.

Hollow viscose
Application: Artificial liver
Function: Separate and dispose of patients' plasma and supply fresh plasma .

Hollow polypropylene fiber, hollow silicone membrane

Application: Mechanical lung
Function: Remove carbon dioxide from patients' blood and supply fresh oxygen .

FIB RE USE D IN ME DICAL TE XTILE :

 According to source of origin:

1. Natural fibers: Use as cotton, silk, etc.

2. Synthetic fibers: Uses as polyester, polyurethane, viscose, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyamide,

PTFE, carbon, glass, etc.

 According to biological structure:

1. Bio-degradable textile: fibers which are absorbed by the body within 2-3 month after implantation are
called bio-degradable medical textile. These are- cotton, viscose, polyamide, polyurethane, collagen,
alginate, polypropiolacton.

2. Non-bio degradable medical textile: Fibers that are absorbed by the body slowly and take more than 6
month time to degrade are called non-bio degradable medical textile. Non-bio degradable medical textiles
are polypropylene, PTFE and carbon.
TYPES OF MEDICAL TEXTILE :

Product based Medical Textile

NANO-TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL TEXTILE :

Nano-technique has acquired tremendous impulse in the last decade. Nano-fibre based products, as well as
nano-coated materials, are present innovations in the field of medicine. So, in our technical poster, we have
gone through the latest medical textiles, nano-based products due to the following features and a wide range
of applications.

Nanofibres are very attracted due to their unique properties, high surface area to volume ratio, film thinness,
nanoscale fiber diameter porosity of structure, lighter weight. Nanofibres are porous and the distribution of
pore size could be of wide range, so they can be considered as engineered scaffolds with broad application
in the field of tissue engineering. Some other applications like wound dressings, bone regeneration and
nanofibres to be the carrier of various drugs to the specific sites, etc.

WO RLDW IDE CO NSUMP TION OF ME DICAL TE XTILES :

The US market for medical textiles are increasing day by day. A recent report showed that the global
medical textiles market will reach 23.3 billion within 2025. On the basis of the fabric, the non-woven fabrics
market has high demand because of its disposability in contagious diseases.On the other hand, it is a low-
cost price taker. Woven fabrics are very much dimensional stable but they are low extensive. The latest
technology are invented by mainly knitted structure.