Harvesting cell-based meat
AssigneeUpside Foods, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Leung, Konrad Müller-Auffermann
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Abstract
This disclosure describes methods for growing cells in a controlled environment in a growing room, transporting the cells to a harvest room, and removing the cells from the controlled environment in the harvest room. The disclosed method can limit exposure of cells to contaminants by maintaining a controlled environment through cell growth and additional processing. For instance, the cells may be washed and cooled within the controlled environment. The cells are transferred to a harvest room where they are harvested and removed from the controlled environment.
Claims20
A method for producing a comestible cell-based meat product comprising:
- growing non-human cells comprising non-human mesenchymal progeny in a cultivator within a controlled environment, wherein the cultivator is housed in a growing room;
- transferring the non-human cells from the growing room to a harvest room while maintaining the controlled environment;
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- harvesting the non-human cells by removing the non-human cells from the controlled environment and first exposing the non-human cells to air outside of the controlled environment while in the harvest room.
A method for producing a comestible cell-based meat product comprising:
- growing non-human cells comprising non-human mesenchymal progeny in cell culture media in a controlled environment;
- removing at least a portion of the cell culture media from the non-human cells in the controlled environment;
- cooling the non-human cells in the controlled environment;
- moving the non-human cells to a harvest room by utilizing a transfer mechanism that maintains the non-human cells within the controlled environment;
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- harvesting the non-human cells by removing the non-human cells from the controlled environment and exposing the non-human cells to air outside of the controlled environment while in the harvest room.
A method for producing a comestible cell-based meat product:
- growing non-human cells into a cell mass in an adherent reactor in a controlled environment;
- removing cell culture media from the adherent reactor in the controlled environment;
- transferring the cell mass from the adherent reactor to a harvest room while maintaining the controlled environment;
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- harvesting the cell mass by removing the cell mass from the controlled environment and exposing the cell mass to air outside of the controlled environment while in the harvest room.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.