Abstract

The application oriented feature of textile materials invarious technical fields has lead to the wide focus of textiles in recentyears. Geo & Medical Textiles has gained importance over the last two decade.The ability of Geo & Medical Textiles to important strength and increase literof textile materials has now changed the view about the textile sciences. Here,the basic concepts of Geo & Medical Textiles have been dealt with detail.The basics, function, classification etc, are explained with necessarystresses.

The contribution of geo textiles in the field of civilengineering & environmental sciences has indeed been astounding. Thestrength implication and service life addition of the various civilconstruction like "roads, railways, basements etc," due to impartingof geo textile materials in the actual construction is many times greater inthe actual life of these constructions.

Textile products are omnipresent in the field of humanhygiene and medical practice. Their use is based on a number of typical basictextile properties like softness and lightness, flexibility, absorption,filtering etc. Traditional applications include wound care products, diapers,braces, protheses and orthoses, wipes, breathing masks, bedding and covers,ropes and belts etc.

Key Words: Civil Engineering, Extra corporal, Environmentalsciences, Implantable & Non-implantable medical textiles, Non-woven,Hygiene, Sutures

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About the Authors:

M.Vigneshwaran and P. Aravin Prince are Lecturers and are associated with P. S. GCollege of Technology, Coimbatore and A. J. K. K. S. A. P. College, Gobi,Erode, T.N; respectively.