Biomedical textile structures are increasingly prevalent across a broad range of medical device applications, as evidenced by the growing number and diversity of medical devices relying on these versatile components. Today, a dizzying variation of material characteristics and performance properties enables device designers to develop highly complex components that can be used in orthopedics, cardiovascular, tissue engineering, and neurology. While the biomedical textile field itself is not new, there is an industry need to more fully explore the role that material selection plays in realizing component structure design, optimizing the development process, and ultimately defining the form and function of the end device.