US 11,913,166 B2
Fiber reinforced tissue composites
Brendan Patrick Purcell, Nutley, NJ (US); and Gabor Forgacs, Nutley, NJ (US)
Assigned to MODERN MEADOW, INC., Nutley, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 15/761,209
Filed by MODERN MEADOW, INC., Nutley, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 21, 2016, PCT No. PCT/US2016/052891
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 19, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/053433, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/221,521, filed on Sep. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2018/0230644 A1, Aug. 16, 2018
Int. Cl. D06N 3/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C14C 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC D06N 3/0006 (2013.01) [C12N 5/0068 (2013.01); C14C 3/06 (2013.01); D06N 3/00 (2013.01); D06N 3/0011 (2013.01); C12N 2533/50 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A fiber-reinforced composite material, the material comprising:
a tanned fibrous scaffold comprising a plurality of fibers having a surface functional group,
wherein the plurality of fibers are surrounded by collagen cross-linked to the surface functional group on the plurality of fibers,
wherein the cross-linking between the surface functional group of the plurality of fibers and the collagen is sufficient to create a fiber-reinforced composite material having a tensile strength that is greater than about 1.0 MPa, and
wherein the scaffold comprises a naturally occurring cellulosic fiber containing the surface functional group, further wherein the surface functional group is selected from the group consisting of: an amine, a hydroxyl group, a carboxylic acid group, and combinations thereof.