The objective of the present invention is to provide a collagen material
that possesses physical properties to an extent that allows suturing
while still maintaining the biochemical properties inherently possessed
by collagen, and retains its shape for a certain amount of time even
after application to the body; its production process; and, a medical
material on which it is based, examples of which include a artificial
tube for nerve, artificial tube for spinal cord, artificial esophagus,
artificial trachea, artificial blood vessel, artificial valve or
alternative medical membranes such as artificial endocranium, artificial
ligaments, artificial tendons, surgical sutures, surgical prostheses,
surgical reinforcement, wound protecting materials, artificial skin and
artificial cornea, characterized by filling or having inside a substance
having biocompatibility that can be degraded and absorbed in the body
into a matrix of a non-woven fabric-like multi-element structure of
collagen fibers having ultra-fine fibers of collagen as its basic unit.