A novel medical bandage with enhanced clothing comfort

48th Conference of the International Federation of Knitting Technologists (IFKT)

材料科学;轻工业

Olakciolu, N.^1 ; Sari, B.^1 ; Bedez Üte, T.^1 ; Marmarali, A.^1

Ege University, Department of Textile Engineering, Izmir, Turkey^1

关键词: Clothing comfort;    Comfort properties;    Compression effects;    Moisture management;    Polyester fibre;    Pressure characteristics;    Textile products;    Water vapour permeability;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/141/1/012021/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/141/1/012021

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Compression garments are special textile products which apply a pressure on needed body zones for supporting medical, sport or casual activities. Medical bandages are a group of these garments and they have a very common usage for compression effect on legs or arms. These bandages are generally produced by using synthetic raw materials such as polyamide or polyester fibres. Medical bandages are in contact with skin. Even if the synthetic fibres are used, they may cause both comfort and health problems like allergies. Nowadays in textile sector, the expectations of clients include using of natural fibres as far as possible in all garments. Natural fibres have good advantages such as breathability, softness, moisture management ability, non-allergenic and ecologic structure and these characteristics present optimum utilization conditions. In this study, tubular medical bandages were manufactured by using core spun yarns (sheath fibres are selected as tencel, bamboo and cotton, core material is elastane) and their pressure and comfort (air and water vapour permeability) characteristics were investigated. The results indicated that the bandages have good comfort abilities beside adequate pressure values for compression effect. These garments can constitute a new production field for medical bandages with their comfort properties in addition to pressure characteristics.