New generation medical textiles are an important growing field with great expansion in
wound management products. Virtually new products are coming but also well known materials with significantly improved properties using advanced technologies and new methods are in the centre of research which are highly technical, technological, functional, and effective oriented. The key qualities of fibres and dressings as
wound care products include that they are bacteriostatic, anti-viral, fungistatic, non-toxic, high absorbent, non-allergic, breathable, haemostatic, biocompatible, and manipulatable to incorporate medications, also provide reasonable mechanical properties. Many advantages over traditional materials have products modified or blended with also based on
alginate,
chitin/
chitosan,
collagen,
branan ferulate,
carbon fibres. Textile structures used for modern
wound dressings are of large variety: sliver, yarn, woven, non-woven, knitted, crochet, braided, embroidered, composite materials.
Wound care also applies to materials like
hydrogels, matrix (tissue engineering), films,
hydrocolloids, foams. Specialized additives with special functions can be introduced in advanced
wound dressings with the aim to absorb odours, provide strong antibacterial properties, smooth
pain and relieve irritation. Because of unique properties as high surface area to volume ratio, film
thinness, nano scale fibre diameter, porosity, light weight, nanofibres are used in
wound care. The aim of this study is to outline and review the latest developments and advance in medical textiles and
biopolymers for
wound management providing the overview with generalized scope about novelties in products and properties.