Synthetic polymer-based textiles have been used for medical applications for decades and represent a staple production technique on par with injection molding and machining. Textiles are provided in a number of techniques, such as knits, braids, woven fabrics, monofilaments, films, and various nonwovens. For many medical applications, however, traditional textiles do not meet performance requirements. […]

A wide variety of implantable medical devices are created using plastic components, which involve the use of more “traditional” polymers such as polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as well as advanced and tailored materials like polyetheretherkeytone (PEEK) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVFD). A segment of the implantable device market utilizes an increasingly specialized polymer subset that […]