OBJECTIVETo evaluate the biological safety of manufactured heterologous deproteinized bone and to provide an experimental basis for clinical applications.

METHODSDeproteinized bone (10 mm) and leaching liquor were made from pig ribs with a series of physical and chemical methods, then were evaluated through acute and subacute toxicity test, hemolysis test, pyrogen test, intracutaneous test, intramuscular implantation test and cytotoxity test.

RESULTSNo obvious toxicity, hemolysis, pyrogenic characteristics, skin irritation, inflammatory reaction after intramuscular implantation and cytotoxity were observed.

CONCLUSIONSThe heterologous deproteinized bone has good biological safety and meets all the demands of scaffold material for tissue engineering.