Medical textile materials / Yimin Qin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Qin, Yimin, author.

Series:

Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 174.

Woodhead Publishing series in textiles ; number 174

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomedical materials.

Textile fabrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 243 pages .)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medical Textile Materials provides the latest information on technical textiles and how they have found a wide range of medical applications, from wound dressings and sutures, to implants and tissue scaffolds.

Contents:

Front Cover; The Textile Institute and Woodhead Publishing; Related titles; Medical Textile Materials; Copyright; Contents; Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles; Preface; 1 - A brief description of the human body; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The systems within the human body; 1.3 Human anatomy; 1.4 Skin; 1.4.1 Skin structure; 1.4.1.1 Epidermis; 1.4.1.2 Dermis; 1.4.1.3 Subcutaneous layer; 1.4.2 Functions of the skin; 1.4.3 Skin hygiene; 1.4.4 Skin care; 1.4.5 Variability in skin tone; 1.5 Cells; 1.5.1 Prokaryotic cells; 1.5.2 Eukaryotic cells; 1.5.3 Subcellular components

1.5.4 Functions of the cell1.5.5 Different types of cells in the human body; 1.6 Summary; Sources for further information; 2 - An overview of medical textile products; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Characteristics of medical textiles; 2.3 Constituent elements of medical textile products; 2.4 Classification of medical textile products; 2.4.1 Healthcare and hygiene products; 2.4.2 Extracorporeal devices; 2.4.3 Implantable materials; 2.4.4 Nonimplantable materials; 2.5 Summary; Sources for further information; 3 - A brief description of textile fibers; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fiber-forming polymers

3.2.1 Polymer structures3.2.2 Polymer properties; 3.2.2.1 Solubility; 3.2.2.2 Mixing behavior; 3.2.2.3 Phase behavior; 3.2.2.4 Physical and mechanical properties; 3.2.3 Fiber-forming polymers; 3.2.3.1 Natural fiber-forming polymers; Cellulose; Chitin and chitosan; Proteins; Alginic acid; Hyaluronic acid; 3.2.3.2 Synthetic fiber-forming polymers; Polyethylene terephthalate; Polyamide; Polyacrylonitrile; Polypropylene; Polyethylene; Polyurethanes; Polyvinyl chloride; Polyvinyl alcohol; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Aramid; Aliphatic polyesters; Polyanhydrides; Polyamino acids

3.3 Fiber classification3.3.1 Natural fibers; 3.3.1.1 Plant fibers; 3.3.1.2 Animal fibers; 3.3.1.3 Mineral fibers; 3.3.2 Chemical fibers; 3.3.2.1 Fibers from natural polymers; 3.3.2.2 Fibers from synthetic polymers; 3.3.2.3 Fibers from inorganic materials; 3.4 Fiber structure; 3.5 Fiber properties; 3.5.1 Physical and mechanical properties of textile fibers; 3.5.2 Chemical properties of textile fibers; 3.5.3 Biological properties of textile fibers; 3.6 Methods for the manufacture of chemical fibers; 3.6.1 Melt spinning; 3.6.2 Solution wet spinning; 3.6.3 Solution dry spinning

3.6.4 Dry-jet wet spinning3.6.5 Gel spinning; 3.6.6 Phase-separation spinning; 3.6.7 Reaction spinning; 3.6.8 Electrospinning; 3.7 Summary; Sources for further information; 4 - A brief description of the manufacturing processes for medical textile materials; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Yarn processing; 4.3 Fabric manufacturing techniques; 4.3.1 Weaving; 4.3.2 Knitting; 4.3.3 Braiding; 4.3.4 Nonwoven fabrics; 4.4 Treatment of textile fabrics; 4.4.1 Bleaching; 4.4.2 Dyeing; 4.4.3 Finishing; 4.4.4 Printing; 4.5 Packaging and sterilization; 4.5.1 Steam sterilization; 4.5.2 Ethylene oxide

4.5.3 Radiation sterilization

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 31, 2015).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-08-100624-1

0-08-100618-7

OCLC:

931503998