Application of Textile Technology in Vascular Tissue Engineering

Cardiovascular diseases pose a significant global health burden, driving the need for artificial vascular grafts to address limitations of autologous and allogeneic vessels. This review examines the integration of fiber materials and textile technologies in vascular tissue engineering, focusing on structural mimicry and functional regeneration of native blood vessels. Traditional textile techniques (weaving, knitting, and braiding) and advanced methods (electrospinning, melt electrowriting, wet spinning, and gel spinning) enable the fabrication of fibrous scaffolds with hierarchical architectures resembling the extracellular matrix. The convergence of textile technology and fiber materials holds promise for next-generation grafts that integrate seamlessly with host tissue, addressing unmet clinical needs in vascular tissue regeneration.