Collagen: Emerging Role as a Smart material

• It is a natural material of low immunogenicity

• Collagen passes of as a a normal constituent rather than a foreign matter when used as a part of a biomedical device and product

• Collagen can be processed into a number of biomaterials in the form of sheets, tubes, sponges, powders, fleeces, inject able solutions and dispersions.

• Collagen is expected to outsmart the body’s defense mechanism during implant. Collagen based biomaterials today are emerging as smart products of value in human health care.