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The life-changing possibilities for biomedical textiles
May 22nd, 2023
Muh Amdadul Hoque, working in the Fang Research Group, NC State, is developing woven fabric actuators driven by ultrafine pneumatic fiber actuators (PFAs), which could be used in implantable fabric robots. Photo: Janet Preus. The pandemic heightened the public’s awareness of textile substrates and elevated the value of textiles in everyone’s eyes, but relatively few […]
From concept to market success
May 23rd, 2022
The U.S. Medical Market shows an expected CAGR of 3 percent from 2021 to 2028. Nonwovens dominate with 65 percent of the market share, according to Grand View Research. Image: Grand View Research. There is no shortage of innovation in medical textiles, but it remains a persistent challenge to get those great ideas to market. In […]
Bally Ribbon Mills receives ISO 13485:2016 certification
January 28th, 2019
Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM), which designs, develops and manufactures highly specialized engineered woven fabrics, announces that the company has received ISO 13485:2016 certification, the international standard that governs the design and manufacture of medical devices. BRM passed a surveillance audit with zero non-conformances. For more than 50 years, BRM has been supplying high quality medical […]