A textile material (21, 21’) comprising a textile substrate (22, 22’)has, at least on part of the surface of the textile substrate (22, 22’),a coating (24, 24’) that contains at least one compound chosen from thegroup composed of hydrogels, except keratin hydrogels, of polyurethanes, polyvinylchloride, polytetrafluoroethylene and any desired combinations of two or moreof the aforementioned compounds. This textile material (21, 21’) canbe used particularly as a substance for an artificial intervertebral disc (16’’,16’’’), as a replacement for the nucleus pulposus (16’,16’’), cage (16, 16’), vertebral body implant (16’’’’),articular surface substitute, or as a tube (18, 18’, 18’, 18’’)in vertebroplasty or nucleoplasty.