Textiles play a vital role in the manufacture of various medical devices, including the replacement of diseased, injured or non-functioning organs within the bo

The chapter describes the regulatory framework applicable to medical devices, and specifically to biotextiles, principally in the United States, but also in the

Catgut and collagen are the two most well-known natural materials for absorbable sutures; however collagen-based absorbable sutures have largely been replaced b

Textiles are known to have unique properties that lend themselves to use in many different types of technical products, among which perhaps the best known are m

The chapter describes properties of materials used for sutures that may be: absorbable or nonabsorbable; of varying size; made from monofilament, multifilament,