Abstract: A wound covering comprising a film formed of a polyurethane resin, or a laminate of the polyurethane film and an absorptive cloth, wherein the polyurethane film or the cloth contains an antibacterial agent, and perforations are formed at least on the polyurethane film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wound covering comprising a sheet of biopolymeric material and a film of a polyurethane resin obtained by reacting a diisocyanate and a random copolymer of tetrahydrofuran and ethylene oxide to produce a urethane prepolymer, and extending the molecular chain of said prepolymer by using a chain extender, said random copolymer containing 20 to 80% by weight of the ethylene oxide unit in the molecular chain thereof and having a number-average molecular weight of 800 to 3000.The wound covering of the present invention is excellent in adhesion flexibility, durability, easy handling, preservation, sterile filtration, compatibility with cell, blood starching, water-vapor permeability. Therefore, it is quite suitable for practical use.

Abstract: A wound dressing having a porous layer with a good affinity to tissue of organisms comprising (a) a first layer to be placed on the wound surface having pores of 20 to 500 .mu.m in diameter, and 1 to 10 mm thick, and (b) a second layer remote from the wound surface having pores not more than 20 .mu.m in diameter, and 0.5 to 5 .mu.m thick. The first layer can be provided with an antimicrobial of not more than 50% by weight, and the second layer can contain an antimicrobial of 10 to 80% by weight.

Abstract: This invention relates to a surfactant with less toxicity and irritation against the human body and a production process thereof. The surfactant is produced by the acylation of the side chain amino radicals of collagen or gelatine with an aliphatic acid having 2 to 26 carbon atoms; it is used as an emulsifier and an antiseptic for cosmetics.

Abstract: This invention relates to a surfactant composed of acylated collagen or acylated gelatine produced by the acylation of the side chain amino radicals of collagen or gelatine with an aliphatic acid having 2-26 carbon atoms and a dicarboxylic acid having 2-8 carbon atoms and a production process thereof. Since it has less toxicity and irritation against the human body and can dissolve in a neutral solution of pH 6-8 in the form of molecular dispersion, the surfactant is especially suitable for use in the field of cosmetic and foodstuff industries.

Abstract: This invention concerns a double-layered man-made skin which is prepared by laminating a collagen sponge sheet and a poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane that has a good affinity with tissue cells and an appropriate permeability for moisture. When the man-made skin is applied on burns, cuts or wounds, the fibroblasts proliferate in the collagen sponge sheet forming a three-dimensional structure, while the epidermal cells proliferate in the region between the poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane and a collagen sponge sheet. The poly-.alpha.-amino acid membrane plays a role in protecting affected part and in providing an optimum condition for the proliferation of fibroblasts and epidermal cells, and then it falls off as the epidermis completely regenerates. On the other hand, the collagen sponge sheet assimilates in the living tissue after having played a general role of the dermis.