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Medical & Surgical


Performing Antiviral Tests on Protective Clothing for Infection Control

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Supercritical CO2 – FET’s Game Changer for the Biomedical Market

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Natural Renewable Resources Find Favor for Medical & Healthcare Textiles

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Cell seeding of host cells to determine the number of viruses. Photo courtesy of DITF

Textiles functionalized with antiviral agents are intended to reduce the risk of transmission of pathogens, particularly in a medical environment. These antiviral properties must be carefully tested and verified in …

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FET’s closed-loop supercritical CO2 system can achieve more than 95% solvent recovery without loss of performance.

A much more sustainable, cost effective and very flexible process for manufacturing critical fibers based on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is being launched by the UK’s Fibre Extrusion Technologies …

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Senay Simsek, head of the Department of Food Science and the Dean’s Chair in Food Science at Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, leads a team developing patent-pending, superabsorbent materials from cellulose extracted from hemp and refined through a sequence of treatments. Photo courtesy Tom Campbell/Purdue Agricultural Communications

Natural Fibers Are Continuing to Make Inroads Into a Sector Dominated by Man-Made Fibers With increasing concerns over their environmental impact, medical textiles from natural renewable resources such as natural …

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Cortland Biomedical excels in creating unique three- dimensional structures for applications like vascular grafts. Photo courtesy of Cortland Biomedical

Cortland Biomedical, a full-service biomedical textiles product development company, is expanding its weaving capabilities with the incorporation of two additional Jacquard looms. This strategic move not only enhances the company’s …

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Professor Jeanne Tan's work with Polymeric Optical Fiber (POF) investigates the potential for surface pattern and texture in e-textiles. Photo courtesy Marie O'Mahony

Materiality is rising to the forefront in some of the latest research and development in wearables for healthcare applications. The Wearables Collective symposium co-hosted by the Royal College of Art …

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