Medical Textile Materials Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Series
Coordonnateur : Qin Yimin
Medical Textile Materials provides the latest information on technical textiles and how they have found a wide range of medical applications, from wound dressings and sutures, to implants and tissue scaffolds. This book offers a systematic review of the manufacture, properties, and applications of these technical textiles.
After a brief introduction to the human body, the book gives an overview of medical textile products and the processes used to manufacture them. Subsequent chapters cover superabsorbent textiles, functional wound dressings, bandages, sutures, implants, and other important medical textile technologies. Biocompatibility testing and regulatory control are then addressed, and the book finishes with a review of research and development strategy for medical textile products.
1 A Brief Description of the Human Body
2 An Overview of Medical Textile Products
3 A Brief Description of Textile Fibers
4 A Brief Description of the Manufacturing Processes for Medical Textile Materials
5 Applications of Advanced Technologies in Medical Textile Materials
6 Superabsorbent Textiles and Their Medical Applications
7 Functional Wound Dressings
8 Medical Bandages and Stockings
9 Surgical Sutures
10 Textiles for Implants and Regenerative Medicine
11 Antimicrobial Dressings for the Management of Wound Infection
12 Medical Textile Products for the Control of Odor
13 Medical Textile Materials with Drug Releasing Properties
14 Biocompatibility Testing for Medical Textile Products
15 Regulatory Control of Medical Textile Products
16 Research and Development Strategy for Medical Textile Products
- Provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the manufacture, properties, and applications of medical textile materials
- Covers recent developments in medical textiles, including antimicrobial dressings, drug-releasing materials, and superabsorbent textiles
- Written by a highly knowledgeable author with extensive experience in industry and academia
Date de parution : 11-2015
Ouvrage de 264 p.
15x22.8 cm
