METHOD FOR MAKING A BIOFABRICATED MATERIAL CONTAINING COLLAGEN FIBRILS

• Main Authors: Marga, Françoise Suzanne, Williamson, David Thomas, Purcell, Brendan Patrick, Schofer, Susan J, Cassingham, Darryl Miles
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 22.04.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; CHEMISTRY; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; WALL, FLOOR OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM,OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF AFIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULARMATERIAL

A biofabricated material containing a network of crosslinked collagen fibrils is disclosed. This material is composed of collagen which is also a major component of natural leather and is produced by a process of fibrillation of collagen molecules into fibrils, crosslinking the fibrils and lubricati...