Category: Medical Textiles

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.

Biotechnology company Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, a developer of genetically engineered spider silk-based fibre technologies, has announced the first sample shipment of its recombinant spider silk...

Dressings such as bandages or tapes having improved extensibility, elasticity and conformability for better coverage of movable areas such as joints are disclosed by Johnson...

A European research team focused on transforming silk into substitute knee cartilage will launch clinical trials in Hungary and the UK later this year with...

Researchers at the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel have developed a novel mastectomy bra by employing ergonomic design and three-dimensional material engineering...