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Applications of Medical Fabrics

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What Are Medical Textiles?

The term “medical textile” refers to materials that are engineered for use in medical applications. It includes anything from versatile fibrous fabrics designed to safely treat wounds to coated and laminated materials used in air holding applications, PPE, and more.

Since these textiles are designed with medical use in mind, they have a number of properties that non-medical textiles do not. For example, they are non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, non-allergenic, antimicrobial, and biocompatible. These qualities ensure they are safe for personnel and patients. 

Medical textiles are found in many medical devices and supplies. Below, we highlight some of the typical applications of these textiles. 

Non-Implantable Fabric Applications

Multiple medical braces for knee

Non-implantable medical products are used for various external patient care and treatment purposes, including monitoring patient conditions, protecting against infection, and promoting healing. Examples include tourniquets, blood pressure cuffs, inflatable casts, and COPD vests. The materials from which these products are made must be suitable for out-of-body applications and, depending on the application, contact with skin.

Tex Tech medical textiles fully meet these requirements. They exhibit the following properties:

  • Air holding capabilities
  • Filtration capabilities
  • Antimicrobial
  • Low to no virus/blood penetration
  • Thermal resistance
  • Flame retardance
  • Radiation shielding
  • Abrasion resistance
  • IR/RF/Heat weldability

Healthcare and Hygiene Medical Fabric Applications

In the healthcare industry, maintaining clean and sanitary conditions is important to ensuring the health and safety of patients and personnel. Medical fabrics for health and hygiene are used not only by hospitals but also by healthcare facilities and individuals for home use. Products for use in healthcare and hygiene should be clean, contamination-free, and prevent the spread of contaminants and pathogens. They may either be washable or discarded after a single-use.

Tex Tech offers healthcare fabrics that are used in the following applications:

  • Medical Isolation Gowns Level (Level 1-4)Blood pressure cuff on white background
  • PPE face masks
  • Medical beds (inflation chambers to reduce bed sores)
  • Pressure Infuser Bags (PIB)
  • Shoe covers
  • Medical tray covers
  • COPD vests
  • Medical braces
  • Inflatable tourniquets
  • Blood pressure cuffs
  • More

Our fabrics are cleanable, comfortable. and antimicrobial. Additionally, medical fabrics from Tex Tech can be either reusable or disposable for reduced or eliminated virus/blood penetration.

Contact the Tex Tech Experts for Your Medical Fabrics Needs Today

Looking for quality fabrics for your medical application? Turn to the engineered textile experts at Tex Tech Industries! Equipped with over 100 years of experience, we have the knowledge and skill necessary to develop the appropriate products for nearly any application or industry, including non-implantable and hygiene-focused medical products.

For more information about our medical textile offerings or custom capabilities, contact us today. To discuss your textile requirements with one of our team members, request a quote.