Latest Medical Textiles News

A vascular endoprostheses that can be used in particular for the treatment of aortic aneurysms is disclosed by MDB Texinov.

A UK-based start-up is to receive a grant from Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovate Fund to further develop its award-winning period-care product to achieve the highest...

An implantable device, such as a breast implant, for use in soft tissue reconstruction has been developed by a team of French researchers.

Australian scientists have developed a wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic wounds.

A knitted compression foot garment that is claimed to reduce heel pain has been developed by ING Source of Hickory, North Carolina, USA.

With incontinence affecting 4–8% of the world’s adult population, hygiene and health company Essity has launched a reusable digital sensor for improved incontinence care for...

Biomedical fabric manufacturer Cortland Biomedical said it remains on track to complete the transition to its new purpose-built manufacturing facility in the first quarter of...

Biomaterial manufacturing company 3D BioFibR has raised US$550,000 to fund development and commercialisation of its tissue engineering/biomedical device products and to scale up manufacturing of...

A wound dressing with haemostatic, coagulation-promoting and biocidal properties for treating gunshot wounds in particular has been developed by Speed Care Mineral of Neubrandenburg, Germany.

Methods for making improved textile-engineered prostheses, such as tracheas, vascular grafts and bioreactor containers, have been developed by Secant Group.