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Medical Textiles from Natural Resources

  • 1st Edition - June 15, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal
  • Language: English

Medical Textiles from Natural Resources provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, production methods, processing techniques, characterization… Read more

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Description

Medical Textiles from Natural Resources provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, production methods, processing techniques, characterization techniques, properties and applications of medical textile materials from natural resources.

Medical textiles offer a variety of technical and functional properties valued in medical and healthcare sectors, often relating to hygiene. As medical textile products remain in close contact with the human body, the fibre must have characteristics such as biological compatibility, biological degradability, permeability and nontoxicity. Only materials from natural renewable sources have such characteristics. This book provides the latest information on a wide range of medical applications, from single suture and wound dressings, to implants and tissue scaffolds. It also offers a systematic review of the manufacture, properties and applications of technical textiles for medical use.

Key features

  • Explains the latest technologies related to fibre extraction from natural sources, chemical treatments, weave constructions, fabric finishes and coatings.
  • Describes innovative applications of nanomaterials in the treatment of textile fabric and the utilization of carbohydrate polymers in the preparation of nanoparticles deposited in nonwoven fabrics.
  • Helps product designers to find appropriate materials from natural resources with the characteristics of biodegradability, renewability, biocompatibility and nontoxicity.

Readership

Academic and industry researchers working in textiles and fibre engineering. Manufacturers of healthcare products.

Table of contents

Part 1: Medical and healthcare textile materials

1. An overview of medical textile materials

2. Biomaterials for medical and healthcare products

3. Natural, biodegradable, biocompatible and bioresorbable medical textile materials

4. Biotextile-based adsorbents for medical applications

5. Natural plant extract-treated bioactive textiles for wound healing

Part 2: Biomedical applications

6. Biotextiles for medical implants and regenerative medicine

7. Biomedical textiles for orthopedic and surgical applications

8. Biotextiles and their applications for drug release

9. Biotextile-based scaffolds in tissue engineering

10. Photo-responsive hydrogel-treated fabrics for smart drug delivery systems

Part 3: Health condition and related therapy

11. Metal and metal oxides nanoparticles in healthcare and medical textiles

12. Intelligent (or hi-tech) textiles for monitoring health conditions

13. Thermo-comfort medical textiles for patients

14. pH-thermoresponsive hydrogel-treated fabric for treating re-infected wounds

15. Textiles in cosmetics and personal care

16. Light-emitting fabrics for photodynamic therapy

17. Smart dyes for medical textiles and related therapy

18. Allergies caused by textiles and their control

19. Malodour of medical textiles: Causes and control

Part 4: Test and techniques

20. Nonwoven materials and technologies for medical applications

21. Processing techniques, test methods and regulatory issues of bioactive textiles for medical and healthcare uses

Part 5: Protection and fabric care

22. Occupational clothing for surgeons and nurses

23. Washable, reusable and disposable medical textiles

24. Hospital laundries and their effect on medical textiles

Part 6: Challenges and future trends

25. Research, development and future trends for medical textile products

26. Environmental impact, health hazards and waste management of medical textile products

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 15, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal

Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal is a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He was a Commonwealth Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the United Kingdom during 2003-04, a Visiting Professor at the Hokkaido University in Japan during 2006-07, and a Visiting Scientist at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia during 2009-10. In 2018, he was awarded the UGC Gold Medal of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) by the President, and in 2020, he won the Dean's Award. Natural Fibres, Biofilms, Biopolymers, and Biocomposites, Cellulose & Derivatives, Superabsorbent Hydrogels, Biomaterials, Smart fibres, Nanomaterials in Textiles, Microbial Cellulose, Textile Modification, Functional Textiles, and Textiles-wet Processing are his research areas. He has over 170 research articles and book chapters, as well as 13 books to his credit as an author, co-author, or editor.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Polymer and Textile Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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