Process for preparing bovine pericard materials and use thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Disclosed is a process for preparing bovine pericard material by subjecting raw bovine pericard tissue to operations of wet-chemical processing oxidative, bleaching, washing out, de-greasing drying and sterilizing, wherein the collagen contained in the bovine pericard is worked up by way of a definite sequence of process steps. The bovine pericard material obtained by the process according to the invention can be advantageously employed for implants and transplants in human and veterinary medicine.