Medical Textiles from Natural Resources

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.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
The Textile Institute Book Series
Copyright
Dedication
List of contributors
About the editor
Preface
Part One. Medical and healthcare textile materials
1. An overview of medical textile materials
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Types and requirements of medical textiles
1.3. Preparation of textiles based medical materials
1.4. Potential applications of medical textiles
1.5. Conclusion
1.6. Future challenges and research gap
2. Biomaterials for medical and healthcare products
2.1. Introduction to biomaterials
2.2. Properties of biomaterials
2.3. Classification of biomaterials for medical and health care use
2.4. Nanocomposite biomaterials
2.5. Application of biomaterials in the medical field
2.6. Fabrication techniques of medical products using biomaterials
2.7. Host response to biomaterials
2.8. Bacterial infection by biomaterials: a challenge for its potential use
2.9. Sterilization and disinfection of reusable biomaterials
2.10. The biological evaluation and approval of biomaterials
2.11. Conclusions
2.12. Future perspectives
3. Natural, biodegradable, biocompatible and bioresorbable medical textile materials
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Medical textile materials
3.3. Are biobased textile materials biodegradable?
3.4. Importance of biodegradability, biocompatibility and bioresorbability in the medical and healthcare sectors
3.5. Chemistry of biodegradation
3.6. Processing and fabrication of textile materials
3.7. Applications of biodegradable textiles in medical and health care sectors
3.8. Conclusion
3.9. Future perspectives
4. Biotextile-based adsorbents for medical applications
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Design strategy for biotextile-based adsorbents
4.3. Preparation methods for biotextile-based adsorbents
4.4. Biotextile-based adsorbents for medical applications
4.5. Conclusion
4.6. Future perspectives
5. Natural plant extract-treated bioactive textiles for wound healing
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Methods to fabricate bioactive textiles
5.3. Types of bioactive textiles for wound-healing applications
5.4. Antimicrobial textiles for wound management
5.5. Natural plant extract-treated bioactive textiles
5.6. Conclusion
5.7. Future directions
Part Two. Biomedical applications
6. Biotextiles for medical implants and regenerative medicine
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Natural polymers for biotextiles
6.3. Fabrication technologies
6.4. Applications of biotextile for medical implants and regenerative medicine
6.5. Conclusion
6.6. Future trends
7. Biomedical textiles for orthopaedic and surgical applications
7.1. Overview of biomedical textiles
7.2. Biomedical textile materials
7.3. Physicochemical properties
7.4. Fabrication techniques
7.5. Two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) textile composites
7.6. Biomedical textiles for orthopaedic applications
7.7. Biomedical textiles for surgical applications
7.8. Challenges in biomedical textiles
7.9. Recent developments in biomedical textiles nanocomposite
7.10. Conclusion
7.11. Future perspectives
Online sources
8. Biotextiles and their applications for drug release
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Biotextiles
8.3. Drug delivery systems (DDSs)
8.4. Role of nanotechnology in drug release
8.5. Conclusion
8.6. Future trends
9. Biotextile-based scaffolds in tissue engineering
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Tissue engineering
9.3. Textile technologies in tissue engineering
9.4. The synthesis of biotextile-based scaffolds
9.5. The progress of biotextile-based scaffolds in tissue engineering
9.6. Conclusion
9.7. Future prospects
10. Photo-responsive hydrogel-treated fabrics for smart drug delivery systems
10.1. Overview of stimuli-responsive hydrogel fabrics
10.2. Stimuli-responsive biopolymers and hydrogels
10.3. Type of stimuli-responsive hydrogel fabrics
10.4. Photo-responsive hydrogel fabrics for drug delivery
10.5. Synthesis and fabrication methods
10.6. Advantages and disadvantages of photo-responsive hydrogel-treated fabrics
10.7. Photo-responsive nanogel-treated fabrics
10.8. Applications of photo-responsive nanogel fabrics
10.9. Recent development of photo-responsive nanogel fabrics for smart drug delivery
10.10. Conclusion
10.11. Challenges and future trends
Part Three. Health condition and related therapy
11. Metal and metal oxides nanoparticles in healthcare and medical textiles
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Types of medical/healthcare textiles
11.3. Nanomaterials in the textile industry
11.4. Synthesis of nanomaterials
11.5. Textile substrates
11.6. Nanofinishing of textiles
11.7. Characterizations of nanofinished textiles
11.8. Applications of nanofinished textiles
11.9. Environmental and health impact of nanomaterials in textiles
11.10. Conclusions
11.11. Future challenges
12. Intelligent (or hi-tech) textiles for monitoring health conditions
12.1. Introduction
12.2. What are intelligent textiles and how do they work?
12.3. Market drivers and challenges for intelligent textiles in healthcare
12.4. Solving current problems: applications of intelligent textiles
12.5. Academia leading the way
12.6. Conclusion
12.7. The future of intelligent or hi-tech textiles
13. Thermo-comfort medical textiles for patients
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Body heat balance and thermal comfort
13.3. The role of clothing on heat exchange
13.4. The hospital environment and medical textiles
13.5. Conclusion
13.6. Future prospects
14. pH-thermoresponsive hydrogel-treated fabric for treating reinfected wounds
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Common fabrics in wound healing process
14.3. Polymeric hydrogel fabrics in wound treatment
14.4. Physiochemical properties of pH-thermoresponsive hydrogel fabrics
14.5. Fabrication methods of pH-thermoresponsive hydrogel fabrics in wound treatment
14.6. Characterization methods of pH-thermoresponsive hydrogel fabrics in wound treatment
14.7. Conclusion
14.8. Future and outlook
15. Textiles in cosmetics and personal care
15.1. Introduction of personal care products and cosmetic textiles
15.2. Global market
15.3. Commercially available products and their characteristics
15.4. Cosmetotextiles: an emerging field of technical textiles
15.5. Textiles as support to personal care
15.6. Characterization for cosmetotextiles and personal care products
15.7. Antimicrobial textiles for cosmetics and personal care
15.8. Utilization of nanotechnology in cosmetics and personal care
15.9. Impact of personal care products on the environment
15.10. Disposal of cosmetic and personal care products
15.11. Conclusion
15.12. Future aspects and challenges
16. Light-emitting fabrics for photodynamic therapy
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Principles of PDT using light-emitting fabrics
16.3. Improving the mechanical performance of light-emitting fabrics by using natural polymer composites
16.4. Different aspects of light-emitting dyes
16.5. Features of polymeric optical fibre for light-emitting fabrics
16.6. Fabrication of light-emitting fabrics
16.7. Applications of light-emitting fabrics
16.8. Conclusion
16.9. Future prospects of light-emitting fabrics
17. Smart dyes for medical textiles and related therapy
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Methods for obtaining photochromic textiles
17.3. Measuring of photochromism in textile materials
17.4. Smart dyed textiles for health monitoring and related treatment
17.5. Conclusion
17.6. Future perspectives
18. Allergies caused by textiles and their control
18.1. Introduction
18.2. Different types of allergies caused by textiles
18.3. Allergies caused by textile products
18.4. Allergies caused by medical textiles
18.5. Preventing and controlling allergic reactions in medical textiles
18.6. Conclusion
18.7. Future perspectives
19. Malodour of medical textiles: causes and control
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Physiology of smell
19.3. Malodour-causing sources
19.4. Methods of manufacturing malodour-controlling textile substrate
19.5. Evaluation of odour release from the fabric
19.6. Conclusion
19.7. Future trends
Part Four. Test and techniques
20. Nonwoven materials and technologies for medical applications
20.1. Introduction
20.2. Nonwoven materials from natural resources
20.3. Nonwoven production
20.4. Nonwoven medical textiles
20.5. Conclusion and future perspectives
21. Processing techniques, test methods and regulatory issues of bioactive textiles for medical and healthcare uses
21.1. Introduction
21.2. Bioactive textile processing techniques from natural resources—an overview
21.3. Bioactive woven textile processing techniques
21.4. Bioactive nonwoven textile processing techniques
21.5. Test methods on bioactive textiles from natural resources
21.6. Other regulations
21.7. Conclusions and future perspectives
Part Five. Protection and fabric care
22. Occupational clothing for surgeons and nurses
22.1. Introduction
22.2. General and specific requirements of occupational clothing for surgeons and nurses
22.3. Commodity of occupational clothing for surgeons and nurses
22.4. Medical textiles from natural resources (MTNR) for occupational clothing
22.5. Conclusion
22.6. Future trends and sources of further advice
23. Washable, reusable and disposable medical textiles
23.1. Introduction
23.2. Classifications of medical textiles
23.3. Natural resources of fibres for medical textiles
23.4. Chemical, physical, mechanical and other requirements for a washable, reusable or disposable medical textile
23.5. Advances in manufacturing methods and technology
23.6. Environmental analysis of washable, reusable and disposable medical textiles
23.7. Regulatory control
23.8. Conclusions
23.9. Future prospects
24. Hospital laundries and their effect on medical textiles
24.1. Introduction
24.2. Application of innovations in hospital laundries
24.3. Hospital laundries and optimization in functional medical textiles
24.4. Impact of hospital laundries on infection control
24.5. Regulatory standard guidelines in hospital laundries
24.6. Conclusion
24.7. Future trends
Part Six. Challenges and future trends
25. Research, development and future trends for medical textile products
25.1. Introduction
25.2. Overview and research challenges for medical textile products
25.3. High-tech advances in functional medical textile materials: development and design
25.4. Biobased medical textiles and their key applications
25.5. Emerging sustainable biobased textiles industry
25.6. Conclusion
25.7. Future perspectives
26. Environmental impact, health hazards and waste management of medical textile products
26.1. Development of medical textile and its waste: industrial versus environmental viewpoints
26.2. Current situation and emerging issues of medical textile waste management
26.3. Impact assessment of medical textile waste management options
26.4. Importance of the regulatory frameworks
26.5. Conclusion
Index

Life Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Social Sciences & Humanities

Health

Medical Textiles from Natural Resources

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Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal