TY  - CHAP
AU  - Morent, Rino
AU  - De Geyter, Nathalie
AU  - Cools, Pieter
AU  - Cools, Pieter
AU  - Morent, Rino
AU  - De Geyter, Nathalie
AB  - In the textile market industry, technical textiles are one of the fastest growing businesses. Part of that industry consists of textiles for medical and healthcare applications and are responsible for a continuous increase in its market potential [1]. Next to their need in hospital environments, there is a growing demand in other sectors such as the food and hotel industry, due to stricter hygiene regulations. In most cases biomedical textile meets a well-defined set of requirements such as minimizing non-specific protein adsorption, drug delivery coatings or the presence of active functional coatings and most importantly excellent biocompatibility (blood-, tissue-or cyto-compatibility) [2]. In general there are very few materials meeting all these characteristics, while at the same time offering the needed structural and mechanical properties. Furthermore, depending on the application, the production process has to be cost-effective and approved by local legislation.
DO  - 10.5772/59770
ID  - OAPEN ID: 612533
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030816817
KW  - plasma modified textiles
KW  - biomedicine
KW  - plasma modified textiles
KW  - biomedicine
KW  - Blood plasma
KW  - Electrospinning
KW  - Nonwoven fabric
KW  - Surface modification of biomaterials with proteins
KW  - Tissue engineering
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/38be6f4b-8e11-4381-b141-4a213476a096/612533.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32354
PB  - InTechOpen
PY  - 2015
TI  - Chapter 5 Plasma Modified Textiles for Biomedical Applicationsnull
ER  - 
