ANIPH develops next-generation wound dressings, recyclable water-barrier packaging, and smart AI and digital tools. Made from biodegradable PHA, our products reduce emissions, save resources, and ensure safe traceability, paving the way for a sustainable future in health and packaging.
Innovative 3D-printed wound dressings made from biobased and biodegradable polymers. Enriched with probiotics and enzymes, they are designed to support healing, prevent infection, and safely degrade after use.
Using advanced 3D printing, the University of Granada (UGR) will produce customised dressings with controlled thickness, porosity, and structure. This allows the materials to deliver the right balance of strength, healing performance, and biodegradation. Instead of conventional antibiotics, the dressings use probiotics@cellulose to provide natural antimicrobial protection that will be released as an alternative to the conventional antibiotics.
Encapsulated enzymes help control the safe breakdown of the material, making these dressings an effective and sustainable solution for wound care.
*Compared to fossil-based alternatives
Fully biobased, biodegradable and recyclable packaging to protect the wound dressings. Made from PHA-based films with innovative PHA-based coatings, the packaging ensures strong water resistance during use, then safely biodegrades at the end of its useful life.
Manufactured by CETEC, the films will be produced by cast-blown extrusion and coated with aqueous PHA dispersions to achieve high water barrier properties, while maintaining recyclability and biodegradability.
A key innovation is the programmed biodegradation: the packaging remains stable and protective until use and is designed to safely biodegrade under relevant environmental conditions at end-of-life. Sealability will be ensured using fully biodegradable, PHA-based pressure adhesives. This approach delivers high-performance monomaterial packaging that combines protection, safety, and environmental responsibility.
*Compared to fossil-based plastics
A publicly available AI system to predict the biodegradation, toxicity, and properties of PHA materials—making product development faster, safer, and more sustainable. Moreover, a digital ICT platform to ensure the traceability across the ANIPH value chain, to support the SSbD assessment and to ensure reliable information.
The AI system combines large-scale data with predictive modelling to estimate how biodegradable polymers behave under different conditions. It helps optimise material design before testing begins, accelerating innovation and reducing waste, and also allows toxicity prediction. Alongside, the ICT platform ensures traceability from raw materials to final products, supports SSbD assessment while also sharing clear information with the public.