Artificial dura mater and process for producing dura mater
Yamauchi, K.; Ikada, Y.; Miyamoto, S.; Yamada, K.; Asahara, T.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents 1267(1)
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0098-1133
Accession: 034441699
The present invention provides an artificial dura mater characterized by comprising at least a sheet of a biodegradable and bioabsorbable synthetic polymer and having a storage modulus at ordinary temperature of from 1X107 to 5X108 (Pa); and a process for producing an artificial dura mater characterized by dissolving a lactide/epsilon-caprolactone copolymer (in a molar ratio ranging from 40/60 to 60/40) in a solvent, filtering the resultant solution and casting the same followed by air drying.