Medical Textiles detailed syllabus for Handloom & Textile Technology (HT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the HT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Handloom & Textile Technology 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit HT 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to HT Professional Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of medical textiles is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD 13
Metals, ceramics, polymers used for bio medical applications – manufacture, features and limitations; super absorbent polymers, cell- biomaterial interaction
Unit II
NON-IMPLANTABLE TEXTILES 9
Non-implantable materials: wound dressing- requirements of wound dressing, types, properties and applications; bandages – types, evaluation and applications application of nanotechnology
Unit III
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Unit IV
HEALTHCARE TEXTILE 9
Healthcare and hygiene products: surgical gowns, masks, respirators, wipes, napkins, antibacterial, anti odour textiles application of nanotechnology
Unit V
QUALITY EVALUTION 5
Standards; safety, legal and ethical issues involved in conducting trials with medical textile materials; disposal of medical textile products
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to,
- Explain different types of materials used for biomedical applications
- Elaborate functional requirements, types and evaluation of wound dressings and bandages
- Discuss the functional requirements and characterization of vascular grafts, sutures and scaffolds for tissue engineering applications
- Explain the textile material used for hygiene and health care applications
- Describe the Standards for testing, safety and ethical issues related to medical textiles
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Joon B. Park., and Joseph D. Bronzino., “Biomaterials – Principles and Applications”, CRC Press, Boca Raton London, New York, Washington, D.C. 2002, ISBN: 0849314917 | ISBN-13: 9780849314919
- Anand S., “Medical Textiles”, Textile Institute, 1996, ISBN: 185573317X
- Horrocks A.R., and Anand S.C., “Technical Textiles”, Textile Institute, 1999,ISBN:185573317X
- Adanur S., “Wellington Sears Handbook of Industrial Textiles”,Technomic Publishing Co. Inc.,LancasterPennylvania, 1995, ISBN 1-56676-340-1
- Michael Szycher., and Steven James Lee., “Modern Wound Dressing: A Systematic Approachto Wound Healing”, Journal of Biomaterials Applications.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Handloom & Textile Technology 6th Sem, visit HT 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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