Flexible materials: Applications in Healthcare Today
In Brief Flexible materials combined with emerging technologies are at the forefront of healthcare innovations. Guiding recent advances are cost concerns,...
Report Shows Medical Foams are Dominating the Wound Care Industry
In Brief Proper wound dressings are critical to the healing process. The right dressing prevents infection and creates an environment that supports healthy healing....
Flexible Materials Preferred in Wound Care & Closure
In Brief In wound care management, the primary objective is complete healing. This is attained through thoughtful planning of patient care for reducing the loss of...
New Technologies Combined with Flexible Materials Create a New E-Skin for Prosthetics
In Brief More than two million Americans are currently living with a lost limb. The use of artificial limbs has been around for millennia, dating back to ancient...
Technical Textiles Gaining Ground in 2018
In Brief According to a report from Textile World, 2018 State of the U.S. Technical Textiles Industry, the outlook for technical textiles is healthy as the U.S. enters...
Vision for the Future: Smart Contact Lenses
Researchers are working to develop and fabricate soft, smart contact lenses by combining recent advances in wearable electronics with wireless communications. Their...
Electrospun Nanofibers Take Technical Textiles to a New Level
In Brief "Smart" devices, appliances, glasses, watches, clothing, and numerous other items have flooded the market in recent years. The global market for the smart...
Biosensors Benefiting from Newly Created Protein Polymer Films
In Brief The biosensor market is seeing tremendous growth, partly due to the aging population and the increasing number of people with diabetes and other chronic...
Non-Absorbable Sutures, Explained
In Brief Suturing is one of the most critical factors in a healthy recovery for surgery patients. Proper suturing is crucial for healing, infection prevention and in...