Chapter 5 Plasma Modified Textiles for Biomedical Applications
Morent, Rino
Chapter 5 Plasma Modified Textiles for Biomedical Applications - InTechOpen 2015
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In the textile market industry, technical textiles are one of the fastest growing businesses. Part of that industry consists of textiles for medical and healthcare applications and are responsible for a continuous increase in its market potential [1]. Next to their need in hospital environments, there is a growing demand in other sectors such as the food and hotel industry, due to stricter hygiene regulations. In most cases biomedical textile meets a well-defined set of requirements such as minimizing non-specific protein adsorption, drug delivery coatings or the presence of active functional coatings and most importantly excellent biocompatibility (blood-, tissue-or cyto-compatibility) [2]. In general there are very few materials meeting all these characteristics, while at the same time offering the needed structural and mechanical properties. Furthermore, depending on the application, the production process has to be cost-effective and approved by local legislation.
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plasma modified textiles biomedicine plasma modified textiles biomedicine Blood plasma Electrospinning Nonwoven fabric Surface modification of biomaterials with proteins Tissue engineering
Chapter 5 Plasma Modified Textiles for Biomedical Applications - InTechOpen 2015
Open Access
In the textile market industry, technical textiles are one of the fastest growing businesses. Part of that industry consists of textiles for medical and healthcare applications and are responsible for a continuous increase in its market potential [1]. Next to their need in hospital environments, there is a growing demand in other sectors such as the food and hotel industry, due to stricter hygiene regulations. In most cases biomedical textile meets a well-defined set of requirements such as minimizing non-specific protein adsorption, drug delivery coatings or the presence of active functional coatings and most importantly excellent biocompatibility (blood-, tissue-or cyto-compatibility) [2]. In general there are very few materials meeting all these characteristics, while at the same time offering the needed structural and mechanical properties. Furthermore, depending on the application, the production process has to be cost-effective and approved by local legislation.
Creative Commons
English
59770
10.5772/59770 doi
Science: general issues
plasma modified textiles biomedicine plasma modified textiles biomedicine Blood plasma Electrospinning Nonwoven fabric Surface modification of biomaterials with proteins Tissue engineering