Category: Medical Textiles

A knitted compression foot garment that is claimed to reduce heel pain has been developed by ING Source of Hickory, North Carolina, USA.

With incontinence affecting 4–8% of the world’s adult population, hygiene and health company Essity has launched a reusable digital sensor for improved incontinence care for...

Biomedical fabric manufacturer Cortland Biomedical said it remains on track to complete the transition to its new purpose-built manufacturing facility in the first quarter of...

Biomaterial manufacturing company 3D BioFibR has raised US$550,000 to fund development and commercialisation of its tissue engineering/biomedical device products and to scale up manufacturing of...

A wound dressing with haemostatic, coagulation-promoting and biocidal properties for treating gunshot wounds in particular has been developed by Speed Care Mineral of Neubrandenburg, Germany.

Methods for making improved textile-engineered prostheses, such as tracheas, vascular grafts and bioreactor containers, have been developed by Secant Group.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö has launched TrustShield Biological, a personal protective apparel medical fabric designed to shield against hazardous pathogens in the operating room, and clinical and laboratory...

Myant has started a clinical study at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in its hometown of Toronto, Canada.

A multi-layer liquid-absorbing textile assembly for use in feminine hygiene products and incontinence undergarments is disclosed by RSD Holdings of Auckland, New Zealand.

A catheter for an intravascular blood pump has been developed by Abiomed Europe of Aachen, Germany.

With antibiotic resistance becoming more widespread, researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have developed cellulose membranes equipped with antimicrobial...

An improved wound dressing in the form of a strip or a ribbon especially for the treatment of sinus or cavity wounds has been developed...

Ascend Performance Materials has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification to the US Food and Drug Administration for clearance to market its Acteev technology in two...

Duvaltex, a North American supplier of technical textiles, is increasing production of its range of Level 1 and Level 2 gowns and antimicrobial scrub textiles...

A new grade of superabsorbent fibre has been developed by Technical Absorbents, specifically for use in a new range of nonwoven fabrics that are more...

Procter & Gamble has introduced a new range of diapers to help hospitals minimise disruption to sleeping premature babies.