Table 1.

Comparative mechanical properties of collagen based scaffolds for tissue engineering application

Collagen Based Scaffold		Market Name	Compressive Modulus	Compressive Strength	Tensile Strength	Elastic Modulus
Collagen rich xenografts (decellularized collagen matrix)	Porcine dermis	Permacol58			38 MPa	210 MPa
		CollaMend58			10MPa	30 MPa
		Strattice58			15 MPa	50 MPa
		XenMatrix58			12 MPa	40MPa
		Pelvitex70			1.2 MPa	5 MPa
	Human dermis	FlexHD58			10MPa	30 MPa
		AlloMax58			22 MPa	60 MPa
	Bovine pericardium	Veritas58			6MPa	20 MPa
		PeriGuard58			16 MPa	110 MPa
	Porcine SIS	Surgisis58, 70			4 MPa	15 MPa
	Human abdominal fascia36				2 MPa	10 MPa
	Porcine dermis57					0.2 -3.5 MPa
	Animal SIS	Strasis82			3 MPa
	Human cadaveric dermis	Alloderm17			7.2 MPa
	Human cadaveric fascia lata	Faslata17			10.85 MPa
	Decellularized tendon section (Sheet form) 3				0.2-0.7 MPa	0.5- 6 MPa
Pure collagen (reconstituted collagen)	Electrocompacted patterned scaffolds in this study				1-6 MPa	5-40 MPa
	Gel form (dogbone shape) 3				0.1 MPa	0.2 MPa
	Electrospun Collagen55				0.3 MPa	0.4 MPa
	Collagen, Collagen+ Elastin (freeze dry) 59		25 kPa	12 kPa	80 kPa	350-200 kPa
	Collagen freeze dry26				7.8 kPa	81 kPa
	Collagen–glycosaminoglycan (freeze dry) 28				5.1 kPa	30 kPa
	Gel form (dog bone shape) 62				0.5-9 kPa	1.54-25 kPa
	Collagen (freeze dry) 14		20 kPa
	Collagen-chitosan (freeze dry) 14		10-20 kPa