AMNION-ORIGIN MEDICAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME

摘要

It is intended to provide an amnion-origin medical material which can be easily handled and fully sterilized and, moreover, favorably acts as a base material for forming a cell layer thereon. This material is prepared by: (i) removing the epithelial layer form the amnion while remaining at least a part of the base membrane thereof; and (ii) drying it under such conditions that the remaining base membrane can sustain a structure allowing the adhesion and proliferation of cells thereon in using.