Artificial Tendon Artificial Skin Artificial Ligament Artificial Cornea Soft Tissues Implants Different Products Constitute This Sector Cosmetic Lens

Orthopedic Implants Artificial Joints Different Products Constitute This Sector

Extra Corporeal Devices Dialysis Machine Artificial Liver Tissue Mechanical Lung Artificial Heart Different Products Constitute This Sector

Trend In world Trade of Medical Textile Population growth rates, particularly in newly developing global regions Changes in demographic, including the aging of the population and budging middle class in the Indian market Changes in living standards in India Attitude in health risks; increased awareness of the risks to health workers from health threats from blood- borne diseases, airborne pathogens, current pandemic of Influenza A(H1N1)

Recent Development Compression and bandaging - The design of pressure garments for the treatment of hypertrophic scarring caused by burns - Evaluation of the pressure distribution performance of padding bandage materials - Elastic fabrics for use in pressure garments – comfort properties - Methods of calculation of local pressure of elastomer products - Twenty years of new development – what clinical benefit for the patient?

Recent Development Modern materials and processes - New developments in the manufacture of circular knitting machines for the production of medical textiles - Non-wovens – the choice for the medical industry into the next millennium - Production of yarns and fabrics from alginate fibres for medical applications - Opportunities and challenges for fibrous products in healthcare and medical applications - Knitting seamless three-dimensional shell structures on modern electronic flat-bed knitting machines - Medical textiles with specific characteristics produced on flat knitting machines

Recent Development Healthcare and hygiene - Development of a versatile antimicrobial finish for textile materials for - Development of a versatile antimicrobial finish for textile materials for healthcare and hygiene applications healthcare and hygiene applications - Air permeability and porosity evaluation of antiallergical bed linen - Air permeability and porosity evaluation of antiallergical bed linen - Influence of sterilisation on the properties and performance of O R - Influence of sterilisation on the properties and performance of O R disposable garments disposable garments - Formation of creases in bedsheets – a cause of decubitus - Formation of creases in bedsheets – a cause of decubitus - The design of needlefelts to control the flow of liquids in incontinence - The design of needlefelts to control the flow of liquids in incontinence products products

Recent Development Wound Care - Anisotropic fluid transmission in nonwoven wound dressings - Fibrous scaffolds for tissue culturing - Functional requirements of bedding materials for elderly patients

Recent Development Implantable Devices - Time dependent behaviour of some suture materials - Surface treatment of the textile graft which reduces thrombogenicity and improves healing - Embroidery technology for medical textiles - Tissue engineered synthetic scaffolds for tissue repair – a textile approach to implant design

Recent Development Test methods - Pitfalls of statistics in clinical trials design - The drug tariff and its relevance to medical textiles

(In Crores) Years Forecast world Consumption -Medical Textile Sources : MPB Article,December 2001

Future of Medical Textile Fabric enhanced with nanopores- Aspen aerogel Fabric enhanced with silver nanoparticles – reduces odor(burn,wound) – Nanohorizons Fabric enhanced with nanoparticles – bacteria, water,stain resistant – Nanogroup Fabric with nanowhiskers enhanceWater & stain resistant – Nanotex