While in the past mostly knits used in wound care, today nonwovens are hardly indispensable. Freudenberg has extensive know -how influenced these changes to functional nonwovens as base material for wound care significantly. At INDEX 2014, the company shows next latest developments for traditional wounds and numerous innovations for modern wound care. Here the wound environment must be kept moist. This Freudenberg uses mainly fibers with high absorption. The material to each situation of the wound environment fits perfectly to – especially for people with chronic wounds a great relief.
A major innovation is the use of chitosan. This biopolymer opened in combination with hydro- active nonwoven new perspectives in healing and shows in practice already having a positive effect. “Our experts have an extremely high material know -how. We handle all types of fibers and in addition to standard products, various possibilities for individual adaptation, ” said Dr. Oliver Heneric responsible for Medical Europe at Freudenberg Nonwovens. ” This makes us the example Ostomy applications to the market leader, and also in the transdermal applications in the U.S., we drive the latest developments. Primarily the research on transdermal solutions is the cooperation with the Japan Vilene Company , a joint venture partner of Freudenberg with high expertise in this segment.
