
1. Textiles in care and therapy devices
Products used for care and therapy can be considered, from a regulatory point of view, as medical devices or medicines.
Textile materials are used in a number of medical devices, as well as in products that "border" on drugs, i.e. medical devices used to deliver medicinal substances. It is this last category of very high value-added products that is particularly promising and interesting for the textile sector. These products, which have a direct and more or less invasive relationship with the skin or organs, require biocompatible materials. Depending on the product's application, they must be able to trap and/or release molecules in a controlled manner, provide a support for cell development, or have different mechanical properties.
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Bibliography
Websites
Laboratoires Brothier (n.d). Biopolymers. Retrieved Dec. 2011, from Brothier https://www.brothier.com/
Venous disease (n.d). A few figures. Retrieved Dec. 2011, from Maladie Veineuse http://www.maladie-veineuse.org/html/chiffres/quelques_chiffres/index.htm
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Standards and norms
- Quality systems – Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes - ISO 13485 - 2003
- General ventilation air filters for particle removal – Determination of filtration performance - NF EN 779 - 2003
- High-efficiency air filters (EPA, HEPA and ULPA) – Part 1: Classification, performance testing and marking - NF EN 1822-1 - 2010
- High-efficiency air filters (EPA,...
Regulations
CE marking and medical devices (non-exhaustive list)
Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ L 169, 12 July 1993, p. 1)
Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (OJ L 189, 20 July 1990, p. 17).
Directive 98/79/EC of the European...
Patents
DALLE (V.), GOUDALIEZ (F.) and VERPOORT (T.). – Filtration bag designed to retain cellular constituents of plasma by filtration, sets of bags containing it, FR2777786. France (1999).
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
3M http://solutions.3mfrance.fr
ABISS http://www.abiss.fr
Aspide Médical http://www.aspide.com
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