Method of sterilizing a biocompatible material

摘要

A method of sterilizing a biocompatible material with which decomposition and deterioration in a process of radiation sterilization can be suppressed by hermetically wrapping the biocompatible material together with a deoxidizer with a nonbreathable wrapping material and subjecting the resultant to radiation sterilization. The method suppresses decomposition and deterioration of the material in a process of radiation sterilization. More particularly, the method can reduce the effects of decomposition and deterioration on decomposition time of the biocompatible material in living organisms.