Review on Implantable Textiles for Medical Applications

Abstract

Medical textile is a highly specialized as well as bio-compatible textile material of technical textile type. The characteristic of any Medi Tech varies depending on the task for which it is to be used. It is essential for the testing of properties and performance of medical textiles under accredited standards. The medical textiles differ from other categories of textiles keeping in mind that they are designed for medical use only. The revolutionary changes took place in medical textiles after the Second World War and it greatly expanded through the chemical composition of the textile materials, based on bio-materials beyond natural resources. The wide applications of medical textile range from single suture thread to complex bone structure in one hand to the cleaning wipe to advanced barrier fabrics on the other hand. An implantable device should be a bio-compatible, biocompatible textile. Implantable products are bio-materials that are used for wound closure, replacement surgery and another important category of implantable products is soft tissue implants. Much important and growing area of medical textiles has taken place in the field of healthcare and hygiene sectors. They are used in a number of separate and specialized applications which can be categorized as discussed in the main topic.