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Adhesive bandage for joint disorders

1 August 2007
The use of a simple adhesive bandage to prevent, treat or correct disorders of a joint and/or associated appendages is described in US Patent 7 195 605 by Christopher White of Minneapolis,Minnesota,US
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Determining the cause of skin irritation from textiles

1 August 2007
Scientists at Germany's Hohenstein Institutes have developed dermatologically monitored wear tests that are claimed to determine the cause of skin irritation.
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Metallic coatings made more uniform

1 August 2007
Japan's Suzutora Corp has developed a method for coating textiles with metal that allows for an even application over a wide area.
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Absorbent composite

1 August 2007
A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is described in US Patent 7 181 817 by Celanese Acetate.
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Flame retardant bedware

1 August 2007
A consortium of European companies have developed a range of bedware based on an inherently flameretardant polyester fibre--Advansa's Dacron.
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Medical sterilization systems market to reachUS$2.3 billion by 2010

1 August 2007
Steam sterilization continues to be the most important and widely used procedure for sterilizing medical equipment, according to a new report from Global Industry Analysts.
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Making carbon nanotubes

1 August 2007
Surrey NanoSystems of Newhaven, UK, made its debut at Nanotech 2007 (Santa Clara, California, USA, 20-24 May) where it displayed equipment for nanomaterial fabrication suitable for research or commerc
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Hohenstein Institutes opens second Indian office

1 August 2007
Citing the need to meet growing demand for independent quality testing in India, the Hohenstein Institutes has opened, in addition to its existing agency in Mumbai, a second contact office in Tirupur-
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Network and biocomplexity

1 August 2007
The Fiber Society will hold a workshop on Medical Textiles Network and Biocomplexity at the University of California at Davis,California,USA,on 8 October 2007.
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Residual limb suspension liner

1 August 2007
A residual limb suspension liner for a prosthetic system has been developed by Ossur of Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Lenzing Plastics acquires US monofilament producer Glassmaster

1 August 2007
Another step in the expansion of Lenzing Plastics has been realized with the acquisition of the majority of the assets of US monofilament plastics maker Glassmaster.
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Functional feminine underwear

1 August 2007
Functional feminine underwear was discussed by Dr Rita Salvado of the University of Beira Interior,Covilha, Portugal,at the recent Techtextil Symposium.
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'Visible invisibility' for hospital textile surfaces

1 August 2007
At the Techtextil Symposium held in June 2007 in Frankfurt am Main,Germany, Anne Toomey,Deputy Head of the Textiles Department,Royal College of Art, London,UK, described the "Visible Invisibility" pro
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Bandage for breast stabilization

1 August 2007
A bandage to ease and prevent lateral gravitational breast shifting while the user is lying on their side is described in US Patent 7 192 409 by Aida Lorenzo of Valley Stream,New York,USA.
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Sterilization of high-performance medical textiles

1 August 2007
At June's Techtextil Symposium,Claudio Cinquemani of the German Textile Research Institute (DTNW), Krefeld,Germany, described the eco-friendly sterilization of implantable textile materials.
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Hydrophilic and hydrophobic patterns on fabrics

1 August 2007
A Spanish company claims to have developed a plasma treatment for giving nonwovens specific hydrophobic and hydrophilic areas.
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Medicated wrap with acupressure effect

1 August 2007
A device for treating pain in an injured body part has been developed by Dr Morton Hyson of Las Vegas, Nevada,USA.
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Kimberly-Clark to close another diaper plant

1 August 2007
As expected,Kimberly-Clark recently announced plans to phase out half the remaining production at its Lakeview diaper plant in Menasaha,Wisconsin,USA, by the end of August 2007.
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Shape memory material for repairs

1 July 2007
Rec'Repair from CRG Industries, based in Dayton, Ohio, USA, is a shape memory composite material with a high performance, pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side.
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Papers on nanotube textiles

1 July 2007
Nanocomp Technologies is presenting two technical papers at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference & Trade Show in Santa Clara, California, USA, this week (May 21-23).
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