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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Shuji Yunoki, Tsukuba, JP;
Nobuhiro Nagai, Sapporo, JP;
Inventors:
Shuji Yunoki, Tsukuba, JP;
Nobuhiro Nagai, Sapporo, JP;
Assignee:
Ihara & Company Ltd., Hokkaido, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 15/32 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/78 (2006.01); C07C 267/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a stretchable collagen material, particularly collagen derived from fishes, having excellent stretching property and mechanical strength, which can be widely used as a cell carrier and medical material, and to a method for manufacturing the same. By thermally treating a gel comprising collagen fiber cross-linked by using cross-linking agent, the collagen enhanced in both stretching property and mechanical strength can be produced. The stretchable collagen material is extremely useful as a cell carrier material and medical material.