Adapting crosslinking with triglycidyl amine (TGA) to incorporate the use
of a particular type of anti-calcification agent provides a
broad-reaching solution to the problem in vivo bioprosthesis
calcification. The anti-calcification agent in question includes a
polyphosphonate compound that contains a functional group, which serves
as a reaction site between the polyphosphonate and a polyepoxide. The
functional group is reactive enough to dominate the reaction between the
polyphosphonate and the polyepoxide, thereby excluding the chelating
oxygen atoms of polyphosphonate from the reaction, protecting their
anti-calcification ability. Furthermore, the high reactivity of the
functional group allows the polyphosphonate to attach to the polyepoxide
more completely, which improves the calcification resistance of
bioprosthetic material with which the polyepoxide is crosslinked.