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1 October 2007
A stretch fabric substrate for medical use has been developed by Alcare of Tokyo, Japan. The substrate may be used, for instance, as an orthopaedic water-curable casting tape. The simple knitted structure provides a desired elastic recovery of elongation such that no reduction of the fabric substrate in the widthwise direction occurs when elongation is applied lengthwise.