Medical materials and manufacturing methods thereof

Details Medical materials and manufacturing methods thereof Medical materials and manufacturing methods thereof

1996-04-12

1997-04-08

Buiz, Michael Powell

Surgery

Instruments

Suture or ligature

A61L 1700

Patent

active

056183127

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are a medical material and a production process thereof. The medical material has a membrane configuration and is produced by impregnating a membranous material with collagen or gelatin and then physically or chemically cross-linking protein molecules of the membranous material. The membranous material is essentially acellular compact layer of a biogenic connective tissue. The medical material may further be processed into other forms such as threads, braids, tubes and hoses and is useful in surgery. The medical material has a strength sufficient to be useful for surgically stitching wounds either manually or mechanically.

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