Classification of medical textile products

Medical textile products can be divided into four groups depending upon the usage healthcare and hygiene products, extracorporeal devices, implantable materials, and nonimplantable materials. 

The healthcare and hygiene sector is important for medical textile products. Vast numbers of healthcare and hygiene products are typically used either in the operating theater or in hospital wards for the hygiene, care, and safety of staff and patients. They can be washable or disposable. 

Medical textile products used in hospital wards include bedding, clothing, mattress covers, incontinence products, clothes, and wipes. Incontinence products for patients are available in both diaper and flat-sheet forms, with the latter being used for bedding. Cloths and wipes are made from tissue paper or nonwoven-bonded fabrics, which may be soaked with an antiseptic finish. 

Superabsorbent fibers are widely used in healthcare and hygiene products. These fibers can absorb up to 50 times their mass in water, whereas conventional wood-pulp and cotton Unter absorbents absorb approximately six times their mass in water. These superabsorbent fibers are also advantageous compared to superabsorbent powders in that, due to their small diameter (=30 pm) and high surface areas, they typically absorb 95% of the ultimate capacity within 15 s. 

Surgical gowns Cotton, polyester, viscose rayon, polypropylene Nonwoven, woven 

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