 About artificial skin:
- Skin grafting is the procedure of replacing dead skin with live skin.
- There are two primary methods of skin grafting –
- Autologous skin graft and
- Allograft transfers.
- The autologous skin graft transfers skin from one part of the body to another. The allograft transfers skin from the bodies of other people / cadaver.
- Allografts offer only temporary cover, as they are quickly rejected by a person‘s immune system.
- The artificial skin is used in the skin grafting process.
- After taking out burnt / spoiled skin, surgeons covered the injury with a covering called artificial skin.
Product characteristics:
- Artificial skin consists of two layers.
- Bottom layer
- Upper layer
- Bottom layer: It is made in such a way that it can regenerate the lower layer of real skin. The ingredients of bottom layer made a matrix of interwoven bovine collagen (a fibrous cow protein) and a sticky carbohydrate (sugar) molecule called glycosaminoglycan, which imitate the fibrous pattern of the bottom layer of skin.
- Upper layer: The upper layer is mainly a medical-grade, flexible silicon piece that imitate the top, epidermal layer of skin. The commercial name one of the artificial skin graft is Integra® & it looks somewhat like translucent plastic wrap.
Raw materials
Chitin is used to manufacture the artificial skin
Technology used
Nonwoven
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