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US 2011/0259815 A1Published application
Biomimetic Membrane Formed from a Vesicle-Thread Conjugate
AssigneeApplied Biomimetic A/S
InventorCarlo D. Montemagno
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AssigneeApplied Biomimetic A/S
InventorCarlo D. Montemagno
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The present invention relates to a method for producing man-made devices which have the properties and functions of biological membranes and membrane proteins, and to the structure of such devices. Briefly, in one aspect of the invention, natural or genetically engineered proteins are incorporated into a polymeric vesicle that is conjugated to a thread to form a vesicle-thread conjugate. The engineered protein is preferably a transmembrane protein embedded in the wall of the polymeric vesicle. The vesicle-thread conjugate is then formed into a membrane or thin fabric having a wide variety of inherent functionality, including the ability to selectively transport and/or filter compounds between fluids. By selecting proteins with specific properties, membranes can be fabricated with a defined functionality including molecular scale addressability via directed electrostatic, electromagnetic, and chemical forces.
Polymeric vesicle, wherein the vesicle is conjugate to a thread to form a vesicle-thread conjugate.
Vesicle-thread conjugate according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the threads includes any one or number or permutation of a cellulose material, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), aminoethylcellulose (AE-cellulose), microfiber cell, nano-crystalline cellulose, cellulose nanofibers/whiskers and/or nylon-based materials.
A biomimetic membrane formed by weave the threads of a plural of vesicles-thread conjugates according to any of the preceding claims into a fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.