Isolated nature-identical collagen

US8013121B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Xin Xiong · Stuttgart, DE
• Heike Mertsching · Sindelfingen, DE
• Steffen Rupp · Stuttgart, DE
• Herwig Brunner · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 13, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2533/54
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention concerns isolated collagen, the method for its production, and isolation of the collagen from collagen-containing tissues, as well as the use of the isolated collagen in a biomatrix as an in vitro test system, tissue replacement or organ replacement.