NOVEL NATURAL POLYMER-BASED MATERIAL WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES FOR USE IN HUMAN AND VETERINARY MEDICINE AND THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH

摘要

The invention is concerned with novel natural polymer-based material and preferably collagen-based material with improved mechanical, physical, functional and handling properties for use in human and veterinary medicine in both in vivo and in vitro condition, wherein the material is a natural polymer, preferably collagen, of animal or/and human or/and recombinant or/and transgenic origin optionally additionally containing biologically active substances such as hemostatic agents, growth factors, cytokines, hormones, drugs and the like, and/or biologically important and tissue-compatible inorganic or/and organic substances or/and their derivatives which can improve the mechanical, functional and handling properties. This novel material is obtainable by simultaneous heat and pressure treatment of a basic natural polymer material. Such process for the manufacture of the novel material is a further subject of the present invention.