Patent ID: 11913166
Assignee: MODERN MEADOW, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  C | IPC C  D

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming a fiber-reinforced composite material, the method comprising:
culturing cells selected from the group consisting of mammalian cells, reptile cells, fish cells, bird cells, and amphibian cells, on a fibrous scaffold until a plurality of fibers of the fibrous scaffold are surrounded by tissue comprising collagen at a density of greater than about 200,000 cells/cm′ of scaffold surface area; and
tanning the cultured scaffold to form a fiber-reinforced composite material,
wherein the fibers of the fibrous scaffold have a surface functional group,
wherein the collagen is cross-linked to the surface functional group on the plurality of fibers,
wherein the cross-linking between the functional group of the plurality of fibers and the collagen is sufficient to create the fiber-reinforced composite material comprising 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.