ENGINEERED LEATHER AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

• Main Authors: JAKAB, Karoly Robert, MARGA, Francoise Suzanne, FORGACS, Gabor
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.06.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF HIDES, SKINS OR LEATHER, e.g. TANNING,IMPREGNATING, FINISHING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; COMPOSITIONS FOR TANNING; COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HIDES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; LEATHER; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PELTS; PEPTIDES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SKINS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

Engineered animal skin, hide, and leather comprising a plurality of layers of collagen formed by cultured animal collagen-producing (e.g., skin) cells. Layers may be formed by elongate multicellular bodies comprising a plurality of cultured animal cells that are adhered and/or cohered to one another; wherein the elongate multicellular bodies are arranged to form a substantially planar layer for use in formation of engineered animal skin, hide, and leather. Further described herein are methods of forming engineered animal skin, hide, and leather utilizing said layers of animal collagen-producing cells.