A method of preparing a vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material includes the following steps: step 1: modifying a collagen with methacrylic anhydride to obtain a vinyl collagen, then emulsifying and cross-linking the vinyl collagen to obtain vinyl collagen microspheres; step 2: treating a polyamide fiber substrate with formaldehyde to obtain a hydroxylated polyamide fiber substrate, treating the hydroxylated polyamide fiber with (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPS) to obtain a sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate; and step 3: modifying the sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate with the vinyl collagen microspheres to obtain the vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material.

The present invention discloses an artificial endothelial keratoplasty graft consisting a support layer made of rehydrated crosslinked hydrogel and corneal endothelial cells on top or within said support layer. The invention also discloses a method of manufacturing an artificial endothelial keratoplasty graft, wherein said method consisting of a step of drying support layer material followed by a crosslinking step.

Described herein is a method for producing a biofabricated material from collagen or collagen-like proteins. The collagen or collagen-like proteins are isolated from animal sources or produced by recombinant DNA techniques or by chemical synthesis. The collagen or collagen-like proteins are fibrillated, crosslinked, dehydrated and lubricated thus forming the biofabricated material having a substantially uniform network of collagen fibrils.

A method for making a biomaterial with a target property, the method comprising: obtaining a precursor biomaterial in a precursor biomaterial vessel, and a biomaterial vessel for compacting the precursor biomaterial therein, wherein a relative reduction in a given dimension of the precursor biomaterial in the precursor biomaterial vessel relative to the given dimension in the formed biomaterial in the biomaterial vessel (compaction factor) is based on the target property of the biomaterial and a change in the property of the biomaterial with the compaction factor.

A preparation method of calcium peroxide-mediated in situ crosslinkable hydrogel as a sustained oxygen-generating matrix, includes: a) reacting a natural or a synthetic polymer with Traut's reagent (TR) in a solvent, and synthesizing a polymer derivative having thiol group in backbone of the polymer derivative; and b) mixing and reacting a solution of the polymer derivative having thiol group with calcium peroxide (CaO.sub.2), and thereby forming a hydrogel, wherein in the step b), disulfide bonds (—S—S) are induced between backbones of the polymer derivative having thiol group attached by decomposition of calcium peroxide (CaO.sub.2), and thereby in situ crosslinking is formed.

A composite material including mycelium fibers and proteins is described herein. The composite material can include a first protein substrate layer and a second mycelium layer, where the first and second layer are attached to each other. The composite material can include a first protein substrate layer, a second mycelium layer, and a third substrate layer, where the first layer and the second layer are attached to each other, and the second layer and third layer are attached to each other.

A method for manufacturing a porous anti-adhesive film is provided, which includes the steps of providing an electrospinning solution and performing an electrospinning process by using the electrospinning solution to form the porous anti-adhesive film The electrospinning solution includes a polymer material and a solvent. The solvent is selected from the group consisting of acetone, butanone, ethylene glycol, hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP), isopropanol, deacetylated chitosan (DAC), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylacetamide (DMAC), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and ether.

Disclosed a preparation method of a green, biodegradable, and multifunctional collagen-based nanocomposite film, and overcomes the problems of difficult biodegradation, poor barrier property, and single function of food packaging materials in the existing technologies. The present invention includes the following steps: adding silicate nanosheet into deionized water for ultrasonic dispersion; then adding polyphenolic acid into the mixture, wherein a mass ratio of the polyphenolic acid to the silicate nanosheet is 1:(0.2˜1); and adjusting the pH value to 3.0˜4.0 to obtain a solution A; adding collagen with a concentration of 5 g/L into an acetic acid solution, and fully dissolving the collagen to obtain a solution B; isovolumetrically mixing the solution A with the solution B, stirring at room temperature, and adjusting the pH value to 4.5˜5.5 to obtain a casting solution; and pouring the casting solution into a polytetrafluoroethylene mold, and naturally drying to obtain a nanocomposite film.

The technology relates to a 3D printed hydrogel formed from a maleimide containing polymer cross-linked using a bis-thiol containing cross-linking agent having at least two thiol functional groups, processes for preparing the 3D printed hydrogel, and uses thereof.

The invention relates to a bifunctional modified biopolymer based polymer, comprising at least one polymer chain comprising n first functional groups and m second functional groups. The first functional groups comprise groups able of being radically cross-linked following a free radical chain- growth polymerisation. The second functional groups comprise groups able to thiol-ene crosslinking. Preferred bifunctional modified biopolymer based polymers comprise bifunctional modified gelatin and bifunctional modified collagen. The invention further relates to a method to prepare such a bifunctional modified biopolymer based polymer and to a method to prepare a hydrogel starting from such bifunctional modified biopolymer based polymer. Furthermore the invention relates to hydrogels obtainable starting from such bifunctional modified biopolymer based polymers and to the use of such hydrogels.