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Report Shows Medical Foams are Dominating the Wound Care Industry
Proper wound dressings are critical to the healing process. The right dressing prevents infection and creates an environment that supports healthy healing. The global...
Flexible Materials Preferred in Wound Care and Closure
In wound care management, the primary objective is complete healing. This is attained through thoughtful planning of patient care for reducing the loss of necessary...
New Flexible Material Technology Creates E-Skin for Prosthetics
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 Egyptians....
Technical Textiles Gaining Ground in 2018
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 the ninth...
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
"Smart" devices, appliances, glasses, watches, clothing, and numerous other items have flooded the market in recent years. The global market for the smart clothing...
Biosensors Benefiting from Newly Created Protein Polymer Films
The biosensor market is seeing tremendous growth, partly due to the aging population and the increasing number of people with diabetes and other chronic diseases that...
Non-Absorbable Sutures, Explained
The fundamental purpose of suturing is to bring two soft tissues together, keeping them in place until they join; typically about ten days. Sutures fall into two main...
Advances in Exoskeletal Materials
Developments in prostheses and robot technology have advanced rapidly, leading to the manufacture of devices known as 'exoskeletons.' These rigid devices, usually...
The Rise of Single-use Bioreactors: Why make the Switch?
The single-use bioreactor market generated $202.5 million last year and researchers estimate it will see another 18.4 percent increase in 2019, reaching $470.9 million....