| abstract |
COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT IT CONTAINS 1 TO 99 BY WEIGHT OF A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER BASED ON METHACRYLATE OR ACRYLATE, 1 TO 99 BY WEIGHT OF FIBRILLARY COLLAGEN, 0 TO 2, 5 BY WEIGHT OF A CROSSLINING AGENT, RELATING TO THE TWO POLYMERIC CONSTITUENTS AND, IF DESIRED, OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND AUXILIARY MATERIALS SUCH AS PLASTICIZERS AND FILLERS, AND WHICH IS PREPARED BY DISPERSION OF THE FIBRILLARY COLLAGEN IN A SOLUTION OR IN A HIGHLY INFLATED DISPERSION OF THE SYNTHETIC HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER IN A LYOTROPIC AGENT, THEN BY REMOVING THE LYOTROPIC AGENT. |