METHOD OF DRYING DECELLULARIZED CORNEA AND DRIED DECELLULARIZED PIG LAMELLAR CORNEA

摘要

A method of drying a decellularized lamellar cornea and a dried decellularized pig lamellar cornea obtained thereby. The drying method comprises first placing the cornea into a vacuum drying chamber; gradually reducing a pressure within the closed drying chamber; and gradually reducing the pressure to a pressure at a set maximum vacuum degree over a time period until a required corneal dryness is reached. The drying method allows a milder corneal drying process, and minimizes damage to a corneal collagen alignment structure during the vacuum drying.