Research Progress on Implantable Medical Textiles and Their Surface Functional Coatings

Abstract

With changes in people's lifestyles and the escalating pace of population aging, the incidence rate of chronic diseases has increased annually, posing significant challenges to both individual and societal health. Specifically engineered implantable medical textiles have exhibited structural superiority over other material types in repairing or replacing damaged tissues or organs within the body, along with the enhancement of their functions. They also play important roles in the treatment and management of chronic diseases. This review takes several representative implantable medical textiles, such as artificial blood vessels, artificial ligaments, and medical sutures, as examples to introduce the fundamental features of implantable medical textiles and the particularities inherent in their development. In addition, on the basis of the clinical requirements of anti-infection, common strategies for the construction of antibacterial coatings are summarized. Ultimately, the development trend of implantable medical textiles is discussed. Through this review, we aim to provide certain insights for the conception and development of novel implantable medical textiles.