Myant – a Canada-based textile computing company – has partnered with Swiss company Osmotex – a developer of Hydrobot and Steriliser technologies – to bring new technology to the rapidly evolving industry of textile computing.
The partnership will enable advancements in active membrane applications for wound care management.
Hydrobot provides active electronically-driven moisture transport which works regardless of climatic conditions and offers practically unlimited transport at a fraction of the energy needed for evaporation, unlike traditional passive textiles and membranes.
Early Hydrobot products entered the market at the end of 2018, after intensive development and testing in collaboration with textile industry partners, professional testers at the Salzburg University, and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology (EMPA).
While the first applications were in outdoor clothing, healthcare and medical-related applications are now under development. With Steriliser technology’s further ability to disinfect textiles from within, a textile can also keep wounds both dry and clean.
In the future, advanced functions, such as the controlled release of medication, filtering of bacteria/proteins and the monitoring of replacement needs for wound dressings will be enabled.
