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Question 1

Name four examples of smart textiles used for healthcare

Answer 1

• wearable monitoring device (life shirt)
• snow suit
• protective devices
• active release fabric

Question 2

Name 4 things that prove people are more concerned/invested in healthcare.

Answer 2

• out-of-pocket spending of consumers for health exceed healthcare system
• health realated web searches are increasing
• the patient becomes the ‘decision maker’
• Cardio fitness classes are increasing in popularity

Question 3

What is the life shirt?

Answer 3

• the first non-invasive continuous ambulatory monitoring system
• collects data on cardiac, pulmonary and other physiological states

Question 4

Which members of society would benefit from the developments of smart/interactive textiles and clothing in healthcare?

Answer 4

• doctors and hospitals: when people are taking better care of themselves it means less disease and less strain on the healthcare system
• Patients: those suffered get from an illness or condition could have more freedom and less stress if it was monitored through a shirt they could wear rather than machines they were hooked up to
• the public, even if they aren’t ill, they can keep a healthy lifestyle by ministering themselves
• infants: monitoring can prevent Sudden Death Syndrome, etc

Question 5

How does healthcare smart textiles support the elderly?

Answer 5

• monitors psychological wellbeing
• avoid injury (garments can activate cushioning if loss of balance is detected as functional carpets detect position
• Help, automatic alarm transmitted if health incident occurs

Question 6

—% of what a soldier touches is under the form of a textile

Answer 6

-70%

Question 7

What 3 areas can smart textiles be used in in defence?

Answer 7

• camouflage (dynamic colour change according to surroundings)
• protection (against bullets, shrapnel, flames, etc)
• remote health monitoring

Question 8

Explain how responsive camouflage works

Answer 8

• a mini, portable spectrometer is mounted into the uniform
• average colour coordinates of the surroundings measured
• colour tuneable fibres in the uniform adapt to the colours of the environment

Question 9

What are the requirements of PPE (personal protective clothing) determined by?

Answer 9

-vary according to activity, environment and type of risks faced

Question 10

Name some examples of where PPE can be used in.

Answer 10

• sports car racing
• workplace hazards (chemical, nuclear, etc)
• first responders (police, firefighters, medics)

Question 11

How does water circulation clothing used for?

Answer 11

Used for an extremely warm to cool environment

Question 12

Explain how heat-storage and thermo-regulated clothing worked

Answer 12

• hollow fibres are filled with inorganic salt and PEG have heat absorbing and releasing characteristics
• fabrics coated with PEG, polyhydric alcohols, a binder containing microcapsules, etc.

Question 13

What are some properties of Kevlar and Nomex?

Answer 13

• high thermal resistance
• high chemical resistance
• high tensile strength
• high cut resistance

Question 14

What is Prylanit?

Answer 14

A flame resistant fibre based on acrylic fibres

Question 15

What is zylon?

Answer 15

• high tensile modulus

- very high resistance to heat

Question 16

What are the 4 primary components in threat response and protection in PPE garments?

Answer 16

1. Sense (sensors)
2. Diagnose (threat analysis system)
3. Inform (communication system)
4. Treat (treatment support system)