| abstract |
A biocompatible material containing a network of crosslinked collagen fibrils is disclosed. These materials are composed of collagen, which is also the main component of natural leather, produced by fibrillating collagen molecules, crosslinking the fibrils, and then lubricating the crosslinked fibrils. Unlike natural hides, these biased materials exhibit non-spontaneous (direction-independent) physical properties such that, for example, sheets of biocompatible material stretch in different directions or are stressed And may have substantially the same elastic or tensile strength. Unlike natural leather, dyes and coatings have a uniform texture that facilitates uniform absorption. Aesthetically, it produces uniform and uniform particles to facilitate manufacturability. It may have substantially the same particles, textures, and other aesthetic properties on both sides, as opposed to natural leather where the particles increase from one side (e.g., the remote surface) to the other side (muscle innermost layer). |