Biomedical Textiles Market Information: By Fiber Type (Non-Biodegradable, Biodegradable), Fabric Type (Woven, Non-Woven), Product Type (Non-Implantable, Implantable), Applications (Dentistry, General Surgery & Treatment), Region – Forecast Till 2030

Biomedical Textiles Market Synopsis:

Biomedical Textiles Market is expected to grow at Significant CAGR from 2021-2030 as per MRFR Analysis

Biomedical textiles are specially designed textiles for use in biological environments. The performance of these textiles is dependent on their biocompatibility with biological cells, tissue, and fluids. They belong to the branch of medical textile, which comes under technical textiles branch. Biomedical textiles should be non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, non-allergic, sterilized, chemically inert, biocompatible, high strength, flexible, and should show exceptional durability. Biomedical textiles find wide end-use applications in the field of ophthalmology, neurology, cardiology, dentistry, orthopedics, general surgery & treatment, and others.

Biomedical textiles are used in different types of products such as healthcare & hygiene products, non-implantable products, implantable products, and extracorporeal devices. Healthcare & hygiene products are used to protect healthcare professionals and patients from contamination by blood & other infection fluids and include surgical clothing, surgical drapes, beddings, sanitary napkins, baby diapers, adult incontinence products, and others. Non-implantable products are used for external application on the body with or without skin contact to provide protection against infection, absorption, and exudation of blood & excess fluids, and healing applications. Various non-implantable products are bandages, wound care dressings, plasters, gauze, and others. Implantable products are those which can be implanted in the human body, and they can be biodegradable and non-biodegradable. Biomedical textiles are used to make implantable products such as surgical sutures, soft tissue implants (hernia repair, ligament), hard tissue implants (orthopedic implant, dental implant), cardiovascular implants (vascular graft, heart valve), and others. Furthermore, biomedical textiles are used in a mechanical organ such as artificial kidney (dialysis), artificial livers, artificial lungs for blood purification are called as extracorporeal devices.

Growing healthcare industry on account of rising healthcare budget, growing health awareness, and rising healthcare expenditure is likely to drive the global biomedical textiles industry over the forecast period 2018-2023. Additionally, increasing population size and desire for longer lifespan are expected to boost the demand for biomedical textiles in the healthcare industry to some extent. Additionally, growing cases of accidents, lifestyles diseases, and the frequent infection spread propel the need for technological innovations to ease the treatment process and thus are expected to provide huge market scope for biomedical textiles in the healthcare industry. Furthermore, upcoming technology such as tissue engineering, wherein specially designed textile can form a new tissue around them, which would enable the body not solely to depend on synthetic material for the implant.

However, the huge capital requirement for R&D innovations and production of biomedical textiles products are likely to restrain the growth of the global biomedical textiles market over the forecast period.

Key Players

Some of the prominent players in the global biomedical textiles market are Secant Group, LLC (U.S.), Confluent Medical Technologies (U.S.), SWICOFIL AG (Switzerland), Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc. (U.S.), Meister & Cie AG (Switzerland), Cardinal Health. (U.S.), Smith & Nephew (UK), Medline Industries, Inc (India), Integra LifeSciences Corporation. (U.S.), PAUL HARTMANN AG (Germany), BSN medical. (Germany), B. Braun Melsungen AG (Germany), 3M (U.S.), Elkem Silicones (Norway), and ATEX TECHNOLOGIES (U.S.).

Global Biomedical Textiles Market Share in 2017, by Product Type

Source: MRFR Analysis

Market Segmentation

The global biomedical textiles market is segmented by fiber type, fabric type, product type, application, and region.

On the basis of the fiber type, the global biomedical textiles market is segmented into the non-biodegradable fiber and biodegradable fiber.  Non-biodegradable fiber is sub-segmented into polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, polytetrafluoroethylene, and others. Biodegradable fiber is sub-segmented into cotton, viscose rayon, collagen, chitin, and others.

On the basis of the fabric type, the global biomedical textiles market is segmented into woven, non-woven, knitted & braided fabrics, hollow fabric, and others.

On the basis of the product type, the global biomedical textiles market is segmented into healthcare & hygiene products, non-implantable products, implantable products, and extracorporeal devices. Healthcare & hygiene products are sub-segmented into surgical clothing, surgical drapes, beddings, sanitary napkins, baby diapers, adult incontinence products, and others. Non-implantable products are sub-segmented into bandages, wound care dressings, plasters, gauze, and others. Implantable products are sub-segmented into soft tissue implants (hernia repair, ligament implant), hard tissue implants (orthopedic implant, dental implant), cardiovascular implants (vascular graft, heart valve), surgical sutures, and others. Extracorporeal devices are sub-segmented into artificial kidney, liver, and lungs.

Based on applications, the global biomedical textiles market is segmented into ophthalmology, neurology, cardiology, dentistry, orthopedics, general surgery & treatment, and others.

Regional Analysis

The global biomedical textiles market is segmented into five regions namely Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa. 

Asia Pacific was a lucrative market for biomedical textiles in 2017 and is expected to witness a considerable demand during the forecast period. A large population base in Asia Pacific drives the strong need for healthcare facilities to combat cases of the aging population, rising cases of chronic & lifestyle diseases, accident cases; this is likely to boost demand of biomedical textiles in healthcare industry during the forecast period. Additionally, growing foreign investments in healthcare sector due to relaxed investments norms as well as various government initiatives such as high budget allocation for healthcare sector is likely to impact the healthcare industry positively and thus are expected to surge the demand for biomedical textiles over the forecast period.

North America and Europe market are relatively mature and are expected to witness steady demand for biomedical textiles owing to the limited growth scope during the forecast period.

The Middle East & Africa is expected to witness rising demand for biomedical textiles mostly from GCC countries owing to their growing healthcare expanding projects to strengthen the industry during the forecast period.

Latin America is expected to witness a moderate growth over the forecast period. Brazil healthcare industry is expected to drive the largest demand for biomedical textiles, followed by a demand from Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Columbia country.

Intended Audience

• Biomedical textiles manufacturers


• Traders and distributors of biomedical textiles


• Research and development institutes


• Potential investors


• Raw material suppliers


• Nationalized laboratory