SHL Healthcare has established a textile centre of excellence in Borås, Sweden, to extend and streamline support for early project phases in collaboration with customers.
Toronto, Canada-based Myant is partnering with Osmotex to bring new technology to the rapidly evolving textile computing industry.
The Techtextil Innovation Award 2022 in the New Product category went to the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) at the...
A new type of dressing for the post-surgical treatment of melanoma has been created by UK scientists, who have discovered a new method for making...
A Danish start-up is pioneering reusable menstrual products to help women go plastic-free on their period.
Exhibiting at the Techtextil exhibition in June, Titanium Textiles develops, manufactures and distributes a range of products based on a unique microwire technology, which has...
Professor Mehdi Tavakoli, knowledge transfer manager of the UK’s National Health Service infrastructure, medtech and therapies, has been invited to chair an advisory board and...
A film that protects wounds and helps them to heal quickly, repels bacteria, dampens inflammation, releases active pharmaceutical ingredients in a targeted manner and ultimately...
The personal protective equipment shortages brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be an opportunity for a Virginia, USA, health system to not only...
A compression sleeve for application circumferentially around a limb to exert therapeutic pressure on the limb for the treatment of oedema and other venous and...
An improved compression garment for applying a compressive force to an extremity, in particular to the leg and/or foot of a wearer, for abating an...
Medline has introduced an updated version of its Optifoam Gentle EX foam dressing to aid in reducing pressure injuries.
University of Cincinnati researchers have found that a double layer of silk in combination with a surgical mask can enhance its ability to prevent the...
A smart textile arm sleeve that uses electrical stimulation to reduce swelling and discomfort for patients with lymphoedema is being developed by engineers at the...
Garments made of active and passive knitted materials that provide desired levels of compression have been developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota of...
A dermal patch for preventing the development of pressure ulcers has been developed by Freudenberg.