The article elaborates on four different smart fibers and textile products and their potential benefit to healthcare. Topics include the Elute fiber, a smart fiber from TissueGen Inc. that can be loaded with drugs with use in the body, and electronics fibers that can be used in several medical applications that are being developed at the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers at Laval University in Quebec. Also mentioned are the Sensoria smart sock and the Edema stocking from Edema ApS.