Jornal de Bioequivalência e Biodisponibilidade

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Impact and Scope of Intelligent Textiles in Health Care

Pravin Shende and Anvi Desai

The last few years have shown tremendous development in the field of science and technology, nanoengineering, electronic devices, wireless communications, etc. Now-a-days researchers are venturing new ideas and possibilities into various arrays of human life especially healthcare management using medical textiles. It is one of the most rapidly evolving area due to advance developments in applications of textile materials like chitosan-, β-cyclodextrin-, fullerene- and alginate-based textiles. This article also explores e-textiles (sensors) in the medical field, progress in effective wound care management, textile-based medical implantable devices and applications of intelligent textiles for various surgical products. This review article focuses on advancements of smart textiles and their applications in the healthcare industry.