vii Contents 9.5 Wound dressings,pads and swabs 214 9.6 Scaffolds for tissue engineering 216 9.7 Hernia meshes 218 9.8 Filtration materials for medical applications 219 9.9 Incontinence products 220 9.10 Conclusion and future trends 220 9.11 References 220 9.12 Appendix:recent patents based on composite nonwovens for medical applications 223 Index 225
viii Contents 9.5 Wound dressings, pads and swabs 214 9.6 Scaffolds for tissue engineering 216 9.7 Hernia meshes 218 9.8 Filtration materials for medical applications 219 9.9 Incontinence products 220 9.10 Conclusion and future trends 220 9.11 References 220 9.12 Appendix: recent patents based on composite nonwovens for medical applications 223 Index 225
Contributor contact details (*main contact) Editors Chapter 2 D.Das Department of Textile Technology S.Mukhopadhyay Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Department of Textile Technology Hauz Khas Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi 110016,India Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016,India E-mail:dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in E-mail:samrat@textile.iitd.ac.in B.Pourdeyhimi North Carolina State University 2200 Hillsborough Chapter 3 Raleigh,NC 27695,USA D.Das* Department of Textile Technology E-mail:bpourdey@ncsu.edu Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas Chapter 1 New Delhi 110016,India D.Das E-mail:dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology B.Neckar Delhi Hauz Khas Department of Textile Technology Faculty of Textiles New Delhi 110016,India Technical University of Liberec Studentska 2,461 17 Liberec 1 E-mail:dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in Czech Republic E-mail:bohuslav.neckar@tul.cz ix
ix Contributor contact details Editors D. Das Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in B. Pourdeyhimi North Carolina State University 2200 Hillsborough Raleigh, NC 27695, USA E-mail: bpourdey@ncsu.edu Chapter 1 D. Das Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in Chapter 2 S. Mukhopadhyay Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: samrat@textile.iitd.ac.in Chapter 3 D. Das* Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in B. Neckář Department of Textile Technology Faculty of Textiles Technical University of Liberec Studentská 2, 461 17 Liberec 1 Czech Republic E-mail: bohuslav.neckar@tul.cz (* = main contact)
Contributor contact details Chapter 4 Chapter 7 D.Das A.Mukhopadhyay Department of Textile Technology Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi National Institute of Technology Hauz Khas Jalandhar New Delhi 110016,India Jalandhar 144011,India E-mail:dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in E-mail:arunangshu@nitj.ac.in Chapter 5 Chapter 8 D.Das A.Mukhopadhyay Department of Textile Technology Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi National Institute of Technology Hauz Khas Jalandhar New Delhi 110016,India Jalandhar 144011,India E-mail:dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in E-mail:arunangshu@nitj.ac.in Chapter 6 Chapter 9 R.S.Rengasamy S.Ghosh Department of Textile Technology Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016.India New Delhi 110016.India E-mail:rsr@textile.iitd.ac.in E-mail:sghosh08@textile.iitd.ac.in
x Contributor contact details Chapter 4 D. Das Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in Chapter 5 D. Das Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: dipayan@textile.iitd.ac.in Chapter 6 R. S. Rengasamy Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: rsr@textile.iitd.ac.in Chapter 7 A. Mukhopadhyay Department of Textile Technology National Institute of Technology Jalandhar Jalandhar 144011, India E-mail: arunangshu@nitj.ac.in Chapter 8 A. Mukhopadhyay Department of Textile Technology National Institute of Technology Jalandhar Jalandhar 144011, India E-mail: arunangshu@nitj.ac.in Chapter 9 S. Ghosh Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi 110016, India E-mail: sghosh08@textile.iitd.ac.in
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