Artificial Vascular Graft

16/10/2011 23:20

 

Diverges into two types:

 

Types of Artificial Vascular Graft 

1) Textile 

2) Non textile 

 

Textile 

-Dacron (polyethylene terephthalate)

-Nylon

 

Non Textile 

-ePTFE (one of form of polytetrafluroethylene)

-PU (Polyurethane) 

 

 

 

DID YOU KNOW ????????????

Textile origin from the Latin word texere which means to weave. It has a traditional means that is a woven fabric. Commonly, textile is a cloth, but its either woven by hand or by machine. 

 

SOURCE: library.thinkquest.org/C004179/textiles.html