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3D textiles offer numerous advantages over their 2-dimensional counterparts, paving the way for applications in a wide range of industries, such as the automotive and construction sectors. Applications in medical technology are also being researched and expanded with growing interest, especially at the Institute for Textile Technology (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University. The Medical Textiles division of the renowned research institution primarily works with warp knitted 3D textiles, so-called spacer fabrics. Tissue engineering is one particular focus of the spacer fabric projects; it combines medicine and technology to produce artificial tissue implants or organ-like structures called organ modules. 1

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Medical Textiles, Double needle bar, Warp Knitting, spacer fabric
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Charlotte Büchter (Editor) Research associate, Chair of Textile Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Textile Technology of RWTH Aachen University, Medical Textiles Implant Systems Division

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