Textile engineering for advanced medical and healthcare products

4 Textile engineering for advanced medical and healthcare products [Pg.61]

Some of the many textile engineering methods applicable for medical textile materials are described below. [Pg.61]

Spacer fabrics contain a combination of textile sheets and distance fibers, with a porons strnctnre that can offer high absorption capacities for medical textile [Pg.61]

The mechanical and microclimatic properties of spacer fabrics are useful in compression bandages and bedding materials for decubitus prophylaxis. Spacer-fabric-based compression bandages are comfortable to wear, and when used on patients skin sweating is prevented due to the microclimatic quality of the spacer fabrics. [Pg.62]

To improve the moisture interaction properties of medical textile products, plasma surface treatment can be used to modify the absorptive characteristics of the textile structure. The treated products have superior moisture-wicking ability which can assist the transfer of moisture in vapor or liquid form quickly from the body into the textile structure. [Pg.62]

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