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Medical Textiles
3.1 Market Scenario—Medical Textiles
Medical textiles are one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in
the technical textile market. Growth rates are above average as a result of
increases in consumption in developing countries in Asia and growth rates in
the Western market. The prospects for medical textiles are rather better, espe-
cially for nonwoven materials and disposable medical textiles used in surgi-
cal rooms. Medical textile is dened as “ber-based products and structures
used in rst aid or the clinical treatment of a wound or medical condition.”
Hygiene textiles are dened ...