Prospects for the Use of the Swim Bladder of the Silver Carp and the Possibility of its Application in Medicine

Abstract

Fish waste can serve as a raw material for medical devices. Matrices for tissue regeneration are currently in great demand in medicine, which can be obtained from the walls of the swim bladder of fish, which has a collagen composition that has properties that are inert to recipients. The most suitable in terms of overall, morphological, biological properties for the manufacture of scaffolds is the wall of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder of the silver carp, which is widespread and is an object of aquaculture in our country. In the course of this work, for the first time, the size of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder was measured in silver carp of different weight categories. According to the results of the study, the dependence of the thickness and diameter of the surface of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder on the weight of the silver carp was established, which can be very useful in selecting the material according to the required criteria for the manufacture of implantable medical plates.