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Medtech (Medical Textiles)

Medical textiles are textile materials such as medical, hygiene, infection control, barrier materials, polymer implants, medical equipment and smart technology that support medtech (application areas) such as fibers, yarns and fabrics. Medical textiles can help various products when dealing with medical practices and procedures (such as treating injuries and dealing with medical environments or conditions).  Medical textiles also include fibers used to grow human organic tissues.

Medical textiles provide laminating and coating materials for various dresses to better prevent infection and protect fluids, such as PPE gowns used by doctors, nurses, hospital staff and gowns worn by medical staff as personal protective equipment, patients Gowns and surgical and isolation gowns. Medical technical textiles also help to provide masks, FFP2 masks, surgical gowns and curtains, disposable nitrile gloves, goggles or goggles, hoods, shoe covers, various wound care aids, such as Bandages and dressings, as well as compression clothes, etc. Medical textiles integrated with smart technology can provide remote communication between doctors and users.

In the United States, medical clothing is a medical device regulated by the FDA. The FDA regulates surgical isolation gowns as Class II medical devices that require a 510(k) pre-market notification, but non-surgical gowns are Class I devices and do not require pre-market review. Due to the controlled nature of surgical procedures, surgical gowns only need to protect the front part of the body, while surgical gowns and non-surgical gowns need to cover almost the entire gown. During the Ebola crisis in 2014, WHO issued a quick advice guide on personal protective equipment workwear.