Fiber Production Technologies for Biomedical Applications presents a detailed review of the latest developments in this important research field. The book begins with a brief introduction to the various types of materials currently used in nanofibers, such as polymers and proteins, and discusses their sources, properties, characterization, and applications. The second section of the book focuses on different fiber production processes. Section three looks at the structural properties of these fibrous materials and their suitability for overcoming various difficulties in biomedical applications. The book is then brought to a close looking at the commercial potential and future market needs.

Section A: Natural Sources and the Fundamentals of Fiber Composite Materials
1. Natural Resources for Fiber Production
2. Fiber Production Methods for Organic Fibrous Materials
3. Inorganic fibers and their Composite Materials
4. Non-polymeric materials: production and characterization
Section B: Technologies for fiber production processes
5. A top-down approach in the fiber production process
6. Electrospinning Techniques in Fiber Formation
7. Wet-Spinning in Fiber Production
8. Drawing and Template methods in fiber production
9. Interfacial polymerization and self-assembled fibers
Section C: Structural features and applications in biomedical engineering
10. Fiber structural features in medicinal devices
11. Fibers and their composite in bone tissue engineering
12. Regeneration properties of fibers in wound regeneration
13. Conductive fibers in spinal cord injury repair
14. Fibers and their composites in artificial organ replacements
Section D: Market and Future Needs
15. The process of fiber production: from the laboratory to the market
16. Commercially available medicinal grade fibers and future needs