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Artificial Tendon
Artificial Skin Artificial Ligament
Artificial Cornea
Soft Tissues Implants
Different Products Constitute This Sector
Cosmetic Lens
Orthopedic Implants
Artificial Joints
Different Products Constitute This Sector
Extra Corporeal Devices
Dialysis Machine
Artificial Liver Tissue
Mechanical Lung
Artificial Heart
Different Products Constitute This Sector
Trend In world Trade of Medical Textile
• Population growth rates, particularly in newly developing global regions• Changes in demographic, including the aging of the population and
budging middle class in the Indian market• Changes in living standards in India• Attitude in health risks; increased awareness of the risks to health
workers from health threats from blood- borne diseases, airborne pathogens, current pandemic of Influenza A(H1N1)
Recent DevelopmentCompression and bandagingCompression and bandaging
- The design of pressure garments for the treatment of hypertrophic scarring caused by burns
- Evaluation of the pressure distribution performance of padding bandage materials
- Elastic fabrics for use in pressure garments – comfort properties
- Methods of calculation of local pressure of elastomer products
- Twenty years of new development – what clinical benefit for the patient?
Recent DevelopmentModern materials and processesModern materials and processes
- New developments in the manufacture of circular knitting machines for the production of medical textiles
- Non-wovens – the choice for the medical industry into the next millennium
- Production of yarns and fabrics from alginate fibres for medical applications
- Opportunities and challenges for fibrous products in healthcare and medical applications
- Knitting seamless three-dimensional shell structures on modern electronic flat-bed knitting machines
- Medical textiles with specific characteristics produced on flat knitting machines
Recent DevelopmentHealthcare and hygieneHealthcare and hygiene
- Development of a versatile antimicrobial finish for textile materials for- Development of a versatile antimicrobial finish for textile materials for healthcare and hygiene applicationshealthcare and hygiene applications
- Air permeability and porosity evaluation of antiallergical bed linen- Air permeability and porosity evaluation of antiallergical bed linen
- Influence of sterilisation on the properties and performance of O R - Influence of sterilisation on the properties and performance of O R disposable garmentsdisposable garments
- Formation of creases in bedsheets – a cause of decubitus- Formation of creases in bedsheets – a cause of decubitus
- The design of needlefelts to control the flow of liquids in incontinence- The design of needlefelts to control the flow of liquids in incontinence productsproducts
Recent Development
Wound CareWound Care
- Anisotropic fluid transmission in nonwoven wound dressings
- Fibrous scaffolds for tissue culturing
- Functional requirements of bedding materials for elderly patients
Recent DevelopmentImplantable DevicesImplantable Devices
- Time dependent behaviour of some suture materials
- Surface treatment of the textile graft which reduces thrombogenicity and improves healing
- Embroidery technology for medical textiles
- Tissue engineered synthetic scaffolds for tissue repair – a textile approach to implant design
Recent Development
Test methodsTest methods
- Pitfalls of statistics in clinical trials design
- The drug tariff and its relevance to medical textiles
(In Crores)
Years
Forecast world Consumption -Medical Textile
Sources : MPB Article ,December 2001
Future of Medical Textile• Fabric enhanced with nanopores- Aspen aerogel
• Fabric enhanced with silver nanoparticles – reduces odor(burn,wound) – Nanohorizons
• Fabric enhanced with nanoparticles – bacteria , water,stain resistant – Nanogroup
• Fabric with nanowhiskers enhanceWater & stain resistant – Nanotex