While developing wearable medical tech, the technologies interaction with the body is entirely dependent on how it is worn. Wearable home health-tech is on the rise – especially for the baby-boomer generation – and new…
The use of textiles and fabrics is becoming increasingly prevalent in the development of wearable medical garments, wearable organ holsters, and even being utilized as flexible mesh for medical implants. During the development and prototyping…
Biocompatible materials are materials that are compatible “with living tissue or a living system by not being toxic, injurious, or physiologically reactive and not causing immunological rejection” (Source). Simply put, these fabrics should be able…