Textilematerials used in the medical and hygiene sector are a significant andincreasingly important part of the technical textiles industry. The sector isentering a new, exciting era of controlled delivery of drugs, tissueengineering and various other fascinating areas. This article reviews thevarious recent developments in this area including the possibility of usingsilk as biomaterials. A enumerates the research findings of various researchersusing silk as biomedical materials. Pros and cons of silk as biomaterials havebeen discussed in detail.

MEDICAL TEXTILES

Medicaltextile is one of the most important and valuable area in technical textiles.Wide range of medical textile products health care and hygiene products,including sanitary napkins, surgical dressings, sutures, diapers and orthopedicimplants are contributing well to the medi-tech market with wonderful growth inIndia.

Differentkind of textile materials has used ill medical textiles such as fibers, monoand multifilament yarns, woven, knitted, nonwoven, braided and compositefabrics, because textile materials having marvelous properties what exactlybiomedical materials required such as strength, flexibility and sometimesmoisture and air permeability.

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This article was originally published in the Textile Review magazine,September, 2012, published by Saket Projects Limited, Ahmedabad.