Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
12-13-2016
Patent Number
9517598
CPC
A61L 27/24 (20130101)
Abstract
A material derived from sea cucumber collagen fibrils is suitable for use in corneal replacements or as an implantable contact lens. To produce material, the collagen fibrils are centrifuged into orthogonal stacks of lamellae comprised of aligned fibrils. The resulting structure is a transparent film of arbitrary thickness very similar in structure to mammalian corneal tissue.
Application Number
13/971,513
Recommended Citation
Matthews, Garrett W.; Heim, August; and Koob, Thomas J., "Method for making self-assembling, collagen-based material for corneal replacement" (2016). USF Patents. 913.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/913
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
2013-08-20
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