Description of the Processing Techniques Used in Biotextiles for Medical Application

Abstract

Biotextiles as structures composed of textile fibres have recently attracted a lot of interest for usage in a range of medical applications due to their affordability and distinctive physical and chemical characteristics. This chapter summarizes the biopolymers created from natural or synthetic materials that are utilized in the mitigation, medication, or diagnosis of disease or injury and various fibre production techniques to generate polymer monomers into textile filament including melt-, wet-, dry-, electrospinning, and multi/bicomponent spinning. Moreover, various fabrication techniques used to convert fibre into textile structures, in order to get achieve the required form, shape, and mechanical qualities for a medical device such as knitted, woven, nonwoven, braided, and nonwoven ePTFE techniques are explained. Finally, several drug-releasing techniques of bioactive compounds are used to create drug-loaded fibrous structures. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Prashansa Sharma, Devsuni Singh, Suman Pant and Vivek Dave; individual chapters, the contributors.