Drug-releasing textiles textile surfaces

Often drug-coated fabrics can release a significant amount of drug immediately following their employment and this makes these textiles unsuitable for applications where extended and prolonged dmg release is needed. In these situations it is also difficult to ensure that the coated microcapsules remain attached to the fabric surface. Therefore it is important to develop methods to overcome this problem and several approaches have been adopted to resolve this issue. For example, Ma et al. coated cotton fabrics with a paste formulation comprising dmg microcapsules and adhesives (Ma et al., 2009). This reduced the initial sudden release of the dmg and allowed release of the loaded dmg over a prolonged period of time. Studies have also been... 

Polymer science has been the backbone of pharmaceuticals for decades. The amalgamation of polymer science with pharmaceutical science led to a quantum leap in terms of novelty (fiexibiUty in physical state, shape, size and surface) in DDS design and development. The market for controlled-release polymer systems, which extends beyond drug delivery, is now estimated at 60 billion annually worldwide and its systems are used by over 100 million people each year. Growth of world consumption of technical textiles is expected to come primarily from nonwoven materials, especially spunlaid products, which are made from polymers rather than fibers or filament yams. 

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