Substrates for preparing a comestible meat product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11559073-B2
Application number	US-202217660170-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2022
Priority date	May 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

The substrates, systems, and methods described herein relate to textured substrates for preparing a comestible meat product. Substrates and methods are described herein for controlling one or more of growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells (e.g., of a cell sheet) on or from the surface of the substrate. A method of preparing a comestible meat product may include applying a plurality of non-human cells to at least one patterned texture substrate, growing the cells on the patterned texture substrate to form the comestible meat product, and separating the comestible meat product from the patterned texture substrate. The patterned texture allows for improved growth, adhesion, retention, and/or release of cells as compared to another surface not comprising the patterned texture. In some embodiments, the cell culture substrate surfaces include a plurality of regions corresponding to a plurality of patterned textures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A substrate for growing a comestible meat product, comprising:
a surface texture created by a plurality of parallel features extending along a length of the substrate, wherein the plurality of parallel features promote cell alignment, wherein the surface texture is configured to inhibit release of non-human cells grown on the substrate for a predetermined amount of time or until the non-human cells achieve a predetermined cell state.

2. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parallel features comprises one or more of channels, recesses, protrusions, ridges, grooves, scratches, edges, indentations, blind holes, hills-and-valleys, undercuts, or threading.

3. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the substrate forms part of a three-dimensional lattice of substrates.

4. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parallel features of the substrate are configured to receive cell culture media in a flow direction parallel to the plurality of parallel features.

5. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the surface texture is applied to a top side of the substrate.

6. The substrate of claim 1 , further comprising a region devoid of the surface texture.

7. The substrate of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of regions, each region comprising a different surface texture.

8. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is substantially planar.

9. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein the surface texture comprises a repeating pattern.

10. A substrate for growing a comestible meat product, comprising:
a surface having a first region proximate a first end, a second region proximate a second end, and an intermediate region between the first region and the second region;
wherein the first region has a surface texture with a textural adhesion gradient featuring stronger adhesion near the first end and progressively weaker adhesion towards the intermediate region; and
wherein the second region has a non-textured surface.

11. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the first region comprises one or more of a radial, circular, non-linear, spot, and cross-hatched pattern and one or more channels, recesses, or protrusions.

12. The substrate of claim 10 , further comprising a biocompatible coating applied to the surface of the substrate.

13. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate region comprises a surface texture comprising an array of spaced-apart spots, wherein spaces between spots are non-textured.

14. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate region has a surface texture having numerous parallel features extending along a length of the intermediate region, wherein the numerous parallel features promote cell alignment.

15. The substrate of claim 10 , wherein the surface texture is configured to promote one or more of growth of a comestible meat product on the substrate, adhesion of a comestible meat product on the substrate, retention of a comestible meat product on the substrate, or release of a comestible meat product from the substrate.

Assignees

• Upside Foods Inc

Inventors

• Leung Matthew
• Godbole Asha
• Engelmayr Jr George C
• Genovese Nicholas J
• Valeti Uma S
• Carswell Kathleen

Classifications

• C12M3/00

  Tissue, human, animal or plant cell, or virus culture apparatus · CPC title

• C12N5/0658 Primary

  Skeletal muscle cells, e.g. myocytes, myotubes, myoblasts · CPC title

• A23L13/50 Primary

  Poultry products, e.g. poultry sausages · CPC title

• C12N2535/10

  Patterned coating · CPC title

• A23V2002/00

  Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs · CPC title