Biofabrication and microbial cellulose biotextile
OwnerTheanne Schiros, Helen H. Lu +9inventors
InventorsTheanne Schiros, Helen H. Lu, Romare M. Antrobus, Christian Joseph, Adrian M. Chitu, Shanece Esdaille, Susanne Goetz, Anne Marika Verploegh Chassé, Daniella Esposito, Arianna Wong, Dylon Shepelsky
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Abstract
A biomaterial may be produced by employing bacterial nanocellulose which are biologically functional and can be enhanced via an enzyme tanning treatment, to form a functional biotextile that has improved functionality and various desirable and/or enhanced properties.
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A method for biofabricating a biotextile material, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining bacterial cellulose nanofibers;
- (b) applying to the bacterial cellulose nanofibers a tanning treatment employing a phospholipid emulsion comprising lecithin;
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- (c) processing the cellulose nanofibers into a three-dimensional (3D) shape.
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A biofabrication method for forming a biotextile material, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining microbial cellulose nanofibers;
- (b) applying a phospholipid emulsion comprising lecithin to the microbial cellulose nanofibers;
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- (c) subjecting the microbial cellulose nanofibers to an aldehyde treatment.
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A biotextile material comprising biologically functional microbial cellulose nanofibers constituted of biologically functional microbial nanocellulose to which lecithin tanning has been applied, the lecithin tanning applied to the microbial cellulose nanofibers imparting an improved flame retardance property to the biotextile material.
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