Medical Textile Materials

Medical Textile Materials provides the latest information on technical textiles and how they have found a wide range of medical applications, from wound dressings and sutures, to implants and tissue scaffolds. This book offers a systematic review of the manufacture, properties, and applications of these technical textiles.

After a brief introduction to the human body, the book gives an overview of medical textile products and the processes used to manufacture them. Subsequent chapters cover superabsorbent textiles, functional wound dressings, bandages, sutures, implants, and other important medical textile technologies. Biocompatibility testing and regulatory control are then addressed, and the book finishes with a review of research and development strategy for medical textile products.

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Dr. Yimin Qin is Director of the State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Seaweed Substances at Qingdao Brightmoon Seaweed Group, China. He is also a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Jiaxing University, China, where he is a teacher and researcher. He has more than thirty years of experience working on the research and development of alginate and chitosan-based fibrous materials. He obtained his PhD in Textile Sciences and Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK, in 1990, and subsequently spent three years at Heriot-Watt University, UK, as a post-doc researcher. Dr Qin was the Product Development Manager in Advanced Medical Solutions plc in Cheshire, UK, where he led a team of scientists and developed a number of high performance wound dressings from alginate, chitosan and other natural polymers. He then went to study for an MBA at Manchester Business School, UK, and after graduation, took up the position of Fibers Product Manager in SSL International plc, working on advanced antimicrobial biomaterials. Dr Qin's main research interests focus on the extraction, modification and applications of alginate and other novel bioactive seaweed substances.

Inhalt

1 A Brief Description of the Human Body

2 An Overview of Medical Textile Products

3 A Brief Description of Textile Fibers

4 A Brief Description of the Manufacturing Processes for Medical Textile Materials

5 Applications of Advanced Technologies in Medical Textile Materials

6 Superabsorbent Textiles and Their Medical Applications

7 Functional Wound Dressings

8 Medical Bandages and Stockings

9 Surgical Sutures

10 Textiles for Implants and Regenerative Medicine

11 Antimicrobial Dressings for the Management of Wound Infection

12 Medical Textile Products for the Control of Odor

13 Medical Textile Materials with Drug Releasing Properties

14 Biocompatibility Testing for Medical Textile Products

15 Regulatory Control of Medical Textile Products

16 Research and Development Strategy for Medical Textile Products