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Baby food and baby products manufacturer Gerber has introduced the All-in-One Reusable Cloth Diaper. 

The new Spring–Summer 2015 Reebok CrossFit sportswear collection will incorporate Kevlar and feature its trademarks, following a multi-year license deal with DuPont.

A method for improving mesh implant biocompatibility has been developed by Baxter International of Deerfield, Illinois, USA. 

Arsenal Medical has entered into two strategic relationships with major pharmaceutical partners to develop its nanofibre technology platform for controlled drug delivery.

A wound dressing that can control the micro-environment within and around a wound site adaptively has been developed by inventors from Los Gatos, California, USA.

Since it launched its potentially revolutionary fabric sensor technology at the end of 2014, BeBop Sensors, based in Berkeley, California, USA, has designed 14 separate products for original equipm

Moticon is to co-operate with the University of Tübingen in a €265 000 German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) project.

A biaxially stretchable outer cover for absorbent articles, such as conventional taped diapers, pull-on diapers, training pants and incontinence briefs, has been developed by Procter & Gamble.

FibroSelect is a three-dimensional (3D) nanofibre-based technology being developed by Puridify, a spin-out from University College London (UCL) based in Stevenage, UK.

Facilities for the test production and evaluation of high-strength lightweight structural materials, and the design and evaluation of smart wearables, are being installed at Teijin’s new Technology

A system, method and apparatus for dressing and treating a wound with topical negative-pressure (TNP) therapy are disclosed in US Patent 9 061 095 by Smith & Nephew.

The employment of silk inks containing enzymes, antibiotics, antibodies, nanoparticles and growth factors could turn inkjet printing into an effective tool for therapeutics, regenerative medicine a

UK technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has developed a wearable device that measures and monitors the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in di

DuPont Displays (DuPont) and leading inkjet equipment manufacturer Kateeva are joining forces to develop optimized inks, equipment, and processes to further advance inkjet printing technology for o

A silver-containing wound dressing is disclosed in US Patent 9 066 989 by ConvaTec Technologies. 

Enfucell, based in Vantaa, Finland, has announced a licence partnership with Quad Industries for its SoftBattery—a thin, flexible and eco-friendly printed power source. 

Ford has announced details of its work with Carbon3D’s Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) technology.

Wiivv Wearables, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, has received venture capital backing from investors including Evonik as it attempts to become one of the first companies to apply three-dimensio

Plessey’s dotLED range, designed specifically for wearable applications, has been expanded with a wider selection of colours, including red, green and blue.

SCA is to invest around SEK650 million (US$76 million) in a new production facility in Jarinu, Brazil, for the manufacture of incontinence products.