Optimization of textile parameters of plain woven vascular prostheses

Abstract

This paper investigates and reports the effect of some textile parameters (yarn and fabric parameters) on the main performances of plain woven vascular prostheses in order to enhance their overall quality. We weaved tubular structures with different fabric densities using texturized Dacron® polyester filament yarns with different linear densities and filament counts, in warp and weft directions. The performances of the manufactured samples, such as wall porosity, water permeability and mechanical features, have been tested. By adopting a two‐level fractional factorial design of experiments, the responses were fitted to predictive models using a multiple linear regression method. The models were tested by variance analysis and validated by correlation between measured and predicted values. We determined the optimum settings of main textile parameters enhancing plain woven vascular prosthesis quality by contour plots method.