Latest Medical Textiles News

Personal hygiene solutions provider Ontex is introducing new innovations to its growing baby pants and adult pants businesses, both of which continue to achieve double-digit...

Sequel Spiral, a spiral tampon that offers a patented, leak-proof design, has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration as a medical device,...

Bioengineers at the University of Connecticut, USA, have developed a scaffold for new skin that also kills bacteria.

A kit for locating a vein, disclosed by US inventor Tanya Hamilton of Greensboro, North Carolina, is designed as a composite device containing a pharmacologically...

An improved compression garment designed to produce significantly reduced pressure in a knee region of the garment or knee area has been developed by inventors...

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast, UK, have designed a three-dimensional (3D) printed bandage that offers an innovative method of treating diabetic foot ulcers.

Researchers from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences report the development of a new hydrogel ink infused with gelatin fibres...

A knitted surgical patch that could improve the surgical treatment of patients with congenital heart disease is to be marketed by a consortium in Japan.

The compression socks market is expected to be worth US$690. 7m in 2023, which will rise to US$1.

Unicharm’s Indonesian subsidiary has launched a limited-edition sanitary napkin made from bio-based materials, part of the Tokyo, Japan-based hygiene company’s commitment to World Environment Day.