The natural fibers
The natural fibers
The natural fiber used in medicine include cotton, silk and catgut
-Cotton
Cotton is the most common natural materials for medical textiles, which is highly absorbent, good insulation, low static, and it can be laundered repeatedly, (55) besides it has a high impact strength excellent dimension stability, and good breath ability. (56) It finds wide applications in medical textile such as wound dressings, bandages, bedding, clothing, operating room apparel and drapes, diapers, sanitary pads, wipes, and orthopaedic .(18 )
-Silk
Silk has good characteristics such as good resistant to all organic solvents, high strength, high regain soft handle resistance to creasing and good draping, so silk find wide applications in sutures.
