
44 Textiles for Industrial Applications
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3.2 Textile Structures and Biomaterials in Healthcare
Medical textile is one of the most dynamic research elds of technical textiles,
and its range of applications varies such as intrabody/extrabody, implantable/
nonimplantable, and also textiles used in biological systems to estimate, treat,
increase, or regenerate a tissue, organ, or the function of the body using plas-
ters, dressings, bandages, pressure garments, etc. They also play a vital role in
the manufacture of various implants, including the replacement of diseased
or nonfunctioning blood vessels, segments of ...