Systems, compositions, and methods for encapsulating, embedding, and activating fungal or microbial inoculants within polymeric, absorbent, and biodegradable articles to enable controlled, moisture-triggered biotransformation. The technology provides alginate hydrogels and protective matrices that preserve inoculant viability during drying, storage, and thermoplastic processing. Encapsulated or native spores are incorporated into polymers, fibers, adhesives, films, and laminates under controlled thermal and shear conditions that maintain biological stasis until environmental activation. Upon hydration, the inoculants emerge, secrete oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes, and initiate degradation of surrounding substrates, including waste polymer materials. Additional embodiments include degradable pouches for timed release and multi-stage successional inoculant systems incorporating fungi, bacteria, algae, and invertebrates for progressive material breakdown. The disclosed platforms enable scalable manufacture of biologically responsive materials compatible with conventional processing equipment, providing articles capable of predictable activation and environmentally driven degradation across a wide range of consumer, industrial, and waste-treatment applications.
An inoculant composition has a first fungal species or strain and a different second fungal species or strain. At least one of the first fungal species or strain is a saprophytic fungi. Each of the first and second fungal species or strain is present in a relative concentration that within the composition to allow inoculation on one or more polymer materials at an inoculation ratio of no greater than 1:1 fungal biomass to polymer material mass. Additionally, an inoculant can include a first engineered fungal species or strain that recognizes plastic products as a food source and digest recalcitrant long-chain carbons more efficiently than a naturally occurring counterpart of the same species or strain. The first engineered fungal species or strain may be immobilized rendering it dormant from metabolism. A method for transforming long chain carbon materials in plastic waste includes adding an inoculum to a plastic substrate.
44 - Medical, veterinary, hygienic and cosmetic services; agriculture, horticulture and forestry services
Goods & Services
Providing a website featuring information in the field of sustainable waste removal; Providing a website featuring information about biotech organizations and the field of biotech; Providing a website featuring information in the field of health, wellness, sustainability and information regarding compliance with sustainability goals
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BIODEGRADABLE DISPOSABLE DIAPER WITH FUNGAL REACTANTS
A biodegradable disposable diaper includes an inner layer comprising a soft, non-woven fabric, the inner layer for resting against a wearer's skin and allowing the passage of bodily waste fluids, a middle layer comprising superabsorbent polymer for absorbing and retaining the bodily waste fluids, an outer layer comprising a liquid impermeable membrane, the outer layer for restricting the passage of bodily waste fluids, and a frangible capsule, dispenser or packet containing a substance comprising mycelium, fungal spores and/or enzymes configured for using bodily waste to grow and degrading the biodegradable disposable diaper in a disposal environment, the frangible capsule, dispenser or packet further for allowing the deposition of the substance into the diaper at the time of disposal. A substance configured for using bodily waste to grow and degrading a biodegradable disposable diaper in a disposal environment, the substance configured for deposition onto the diaper.
A61L 15/36 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing microorganisms
A61L 15/62 - Hydrosoluble or hydrodegradable materials
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BIODEGRADABLE DISPOSABLE DIAPER WITH FUNGAL REACTANTS
A biodegradable disposable diaper includes an inner layer comprising a soft, non-woven fabric, the inner layer for resting against a wearer's skin and allowing the passage of bodily waste fluids, a middle layer comprising superabsorbent polymer for absorbing and retaining the bodily waste fluids, an outer layer comprising a liquid impermeable membrane, the outer layer for restricting the passage of bodily waste fluids, and a frangible capsule, dispenser or packet containing a substance comprising mycelium, fungal spores and/or enzymes configured for using bodily waste to grow and degrading the biodegradable disposable diaper in a disposal environment, the frangible capsule, dispenser or packet further for allowing the deposition of the substance into the diaper at the time of disposal. A substance configured for using bodily waste to grow and degrading a biodegradable disposable diaper in a disposal environment, the substance configured for deposition onto the diaper.
A61L 15/36 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing microorganisms
A61L 15/38 - Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing enzymes
A61L 15/42 - Use of materials characterised by their function or physical properties
