Latest Medical Textiles News

Mitsui Chemicals has launched a project with FullStem for the joint development of high-performance nonwovens to be used in the high-density, large-scale culture of stem...

Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating, a producer of cast film, sheet extrusion and extrusion coating lines, showcased a new production process for film/nonwoven composites with low...

An oro-nasal interface that features a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame has been developed by ResMed of...

Synthetic fabric materials that can be used in various medical devices, particularly collapsible/expandable prosthetic heart valves useful for delivery through a catheter or trocar, have...

An improved arm compression garment that provides more than one level of compression throughout the bodice and arms has been developed by underwear producer Spanx.

Diaper manufacturer Sumo, founded in 2019 in Berlin, Germany, has partnered with German viscose fibre maker Kelheim Fibres to develop a sustainable and high-performance absorbent...

A method of forming a suture having various cross-sectional shapes is disclosed by medical technologies corporation Stryker.

Dressings, such as bandages or tapes that are extensible so as to conform to a body contour at a wound surface upon stretching of the...

Canadian scientists have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that is claimed to decrease the infectivity of the virus that causes Covid-19...

Reusable and biodegradable menstrual underwear (so-called period pants) made with viscose fibres has been developed by a researcher working at Hof University of Applied Sciences.