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| Title: | Textile-based smart wound dressings |
| Authors: | Gupta, Bhuvanesh
Agarwal, Roopali
Alam, M S |
| Keywords: | Alginates
Chitosan
Hydrocolloids
Hydrogels
Nonwoven
Wound dressings
Wound healing |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Efforts have been made during the last few
years towards the development of new artificial wound coverings which will meet
the requirements necessary for the treatment of major skin wounds. Research has
been mainly focused on achieving the specifications of an ideal wound dressing,
such as hydrogel technologies providing products suitable for applications in
biomedical, personal care as well as nano-sensor. But as the hydrogels have low
mechanical strength, recent trends have come up in the form of composite
membranes, where a textile material is coated with the polymer solution. The
fabric reinforcement provides strength to the dressing and the drug loaded
dressings offer precise control of the release behavior. The present paper
reviews various efforts made on the textile - based composite structures for
their applications as wound dressings, based on the current research and
existing products. |
| Page(s): | 174-187 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.35(2) [June 2010]
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