Resorptive sheet material for closing and healing wounds and method of making the same

Abstract

Abstract A resorptive sheet material for closing and healing wounds substantially consists of a glycoprotein matrix containing substances which cause and, respectively, are conductive to the coagulation of blood including fibrinogen and thrombin. The sheet material is dry and of multi-layered structure, wherein at least one layer is free from thrombin and contains in the glycoprotein matrix thereof the fibrinogen in a substantially homogeneously distributed form, and at least one further layer is free from fibrinogen and contains in the glycoprotein matrix thereof the thrombin in a substantially homogenenously distributed form. The glycoproteins coming into consideration, above all, are non-linked fibrin, fibrin fission products, collagen, globulin, myoglobulin, casein and/or albumin. Preferably, at least one of the layers, especially one or both outer layer(s), contains fibroblast cells present in dry state and/or agents conducive to the growth of the fibroblasts and their spreading-in, especially chondroitin sulphate. For the production, fibrinogen is added to a thrombin-free, predominantly aqueous solution and/or suspension of the glycoprotein and said solution and/or suspension is processed to form a sheet-material layer, and onto the full surface of this layer at least one further layer is applied which, in its turn, has been obtained from a further, fibrinogen-free and thrombin-containing solution and/or suspension of the same or of another glycoprotein. In particular, a solution and/or suspension of one composition is applied onto an inert surface, where it is subjected to deep-freezing, and onto the resultant ice-layer surface, when still in the deep-frozen state, a solution and/or suspension of different composition is applied and subjected to deep-freezing, and, finally, all layers are jointly subjected to lyophilization.

Inventors

• 👤 Eberhard Zimmermann
• 👤 Michael Stroetmann

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