Latest Medical Textiles News

A team of US researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California and the California Institute of Technology is developing…

An implantable medical device, such as a prosthetic heart valve, which includes a textile used as a paravalvular leakage seal is disclosed by Edwards Lifesciences,…

A modular medical dressing that includes pre-defined tearable portions has been developed by Becton, Dickinson & Co of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, USA.

A flexible compression-applying wearable for a hand is disclosed by Julianne Quintana of Huntington Beach, California, USA.

Researchers at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a fabric-based wearable technology as a lightweight, soft fabric necklace worn by the caregiver…

Asahi Kasei Medical has completed the construction of its third assembly plant for Planova virus removal filters in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan.

A Japanese consortium comprising Teijin, Fukui Tateami and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University have announced that a novel surgical patch, to be marketed under the…

A reinforced skirted mesh for use in hernia repair is disclosed by Covidien, now part of Dublin, Ireland-headquartered Medtronic.

Materials for the manufacture of absorbent wound dressings having improved strength and handling characteristics have been developed by 3M of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

New research from the UK’s University of East Anglia has found that wearing face masks did not lower the risk of Covid-19 infection following the…