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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-11-19</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000883697</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>REGEN BIOLOGICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGBI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000905363</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>TIMKEN WILLIAM R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>411 HACKENSACK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HACKENSACK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>14.50</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-11-19</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6750</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-11-19</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Series E Convertible Preferred Stock</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6750</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>6750</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">EXERCISE PRICE IS $0.145 PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK IF OPTION IS EXERCISED AFTER MANDATORY CONVERSION OF SERIES E STOCK.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">EQUAL TO 675,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AFTER MANDATORY CONVERSION OF THE SERIES E STOCK</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">THE OPTION VESTS RATABLY ON A DAILY BASIS OVER FOUR YEARS FROM THE DATE OF FDA CLEARANCE OF THE COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD 510(K) APPLICATION.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">EACH SHARE OF SERIES E STOCK IS MANDATORILY CONVERTIBLE INTO 100 SHARES OF REGEN'S COMMON STOCK AT SUCH TIME AS (i) THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION IS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OR (ii) UPON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT OF THE COMMON STOCK, SUCH THAT THERE ARE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK TO EFFECT THE CONVERSION.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/S/ BRION D. UMIDI ATTORNEY IN FACT</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-11-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
