A team of chemical fibre and polymer material researchers in China has found that the use of internally produced, electrically charged sutures can speed up…
Standard Textile, a producer of healthcare and hospitality textiles, has launched AMY, claimed to be the industry’s first all-fabric privacy curtain for healthcare settings.
Winner Medical has acquired 75. 2% equity of Global Resources International in a cash deal valued at around US$120m.
Chinese scientists have developed artificial spider silk that consists of proteins and can heal chronic wounds.
Ready-to-use secondary bandages for enclosing a leg or arm region are disclosed by medical device manufacturer KOB.
US healthcare company Medline Industries has developed new user-friendly technology for incontinence management called the FitRight Connect Wetness Sensing System.
A multi-layer antimicrobial wound dressing in which the antimicrobial agent is located at the interface between opposing surfaces of the dressing’s layers has been developed…
German biomaterials start-up Vyld has launched what is claimed to be the world’s first microbiome-friendly certified tampon made from kelp.
Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics, a producer of polymer-coated fabrics, will launch a new fabric from its Dartex Endurance range for healthcare seating at the Healthcare…
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method for three-dimensional printing hydrogel materials that mimic the…