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Quasi-continuous web formation process for medical textiles

1 December 2011
A quasi-continuous web formation process for the production of innovative medical textiles used in tissue engineering was demonstrated at the ITMA textile machinery exhibition held in Barcelona, Spain
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Phase-change materials in bedding help give a better night's sleep

1 December 2011
A German company is imaging in real time the evolution of temperature and humidity between a human body and an object, specifically a duvet, including layers that cannot be detected by an infrared or
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Oerlikon Textile to move headquarters to China

1 December 2011
One of the world's largest builders of textile machinery, Oerlikon Textile, which specializes in technology for making fibres, yarns, tyre cords and nonwovens, is to restructure its business and move
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Absorbent article provides an uncomfortable sensation on wetness

1 December 2011
A disposable absorbent article featuring refastenable side seams and a wetness sensation member has been developed by Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Fibre-like glass has potential in healing diabetic wounds

1 December 2011
A glass fibre material that could help diabetics who suffer from hard-to-heal open wounds has been developed at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T).
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Tanatex extends its range of finishing chemicals

1 December 2011
Tanatex Chemicals of Ede, The Netherlands, has developed a number of additives for textiles processors, including two for technical applications.
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Kimberly-Clark issues tampon recall

1 December 2011
Kimberly-Clark of Neenah, Wisconsin, USA, has recalled a limited number of its Kotex Natural Balance Security unscented tampons (regular absorbency) in the USA.
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Honey-based medical dressing

1 December 2011
Moist wound dressings that incorporate honey are disclosed in re-issued US Patent RE42,755 by Api-Med Medical Honey, now part of New Zealand-based Comvita.
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New process applies C6-based fluorochemicals to nonwoven fabrics

1 December 2011
USA-based commission finisher TSG Finishing has developed a new process to apply C6-based fluorochemicals to nonwoven medical fabrics used in disposable surgical gowns, drapes and instrument wraps.
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New cleanroom facility for Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division

1 December 2011
UK-based Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division has opened a new state-of-the-art 120-m2 cleanroom as part of its multimillion-pound investment programme to increase production capacity.
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Process for the formation of conductive polyaniline

1 December 2011
Scientists at Ohio State University in Columbus, USA, have won a US Patent (8 038 907) for their process for forming aligned nanofibres of polyaniline.
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Compound absorbent article with improved body contact

1 December 2011
Disposable absorbent articles with pads for providing improved contact with the perineal regions of the body have been developed by Kimberly-Clark.
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Zinc oxide additive makes cellulose antimicrobial

1 December 2011
The Hohenstein Institute of Bonnigheim, Germany, has adapted its environmentally friendly cellulose-forming technology called Alceru in order to produce antimicrobial fibres.
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High-strength suture with coating and coloured trace

1 December 2011
A high-strength, abrasion-resistant surgical suture material with improved handling and knot tie-down characteristics has been developed by Arthrex.
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Ahlstrom to close Bishopville plant and shed jobs at several others

1 December 2011
The manufacture of speciality glass-fibre reinforcements for the construction and energy industries at Ahlstrom's plant in Bishopville, South Carolina, USA, is to finish after the company from Helsink
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Flame-retardant viscose

1 December 2011
A flame-retardant (FR) viscose fibre called Verdi was revealed by Kelheim Fibres of Germany at the recent Man-made Fibers Congress held in Dornbirn, Austria, 14-16 September 2011.
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Improved fenestrated extremity surgical drape

1 December 2011
A way of forming a fenestrated extremity surgical drape is featured in US Patent 7 997 277 by Allegiance Healthcare, a subsidiary of Dublin, Ohio, USA-based Cardinal Health.
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Carbon fibre plant to be established in Tatarstan, Russia

1 December 2011
A company called Alabuga-fiber LLC plans to build a plant for the production of carbon fibre in Tatarstan, a republic of Russia.
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Aerogel insulation for fabrics

1 December 2011
Three USA-based companies, Birdair of Amherst, New York, Cabot Corp of Billerica, Massachusetts, and Geiger Engineers of Suffern, New York, have jointly developed an architectural fabric that they cla
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New materials from a silk-like protein tangle

1 November 2011
Amyloids - the dense protein masses first discovered in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers - might point the way to a whole new category of biologically-inspired synthetic materials.
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