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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicants:
Advanced Preservations Technologies, Llc, Buffalo, NY (US);
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ilya Ilyin, Wayland, MA (US);
Larry J. Dumont, Grantham, NH (US);
Assignee:
Rich Technologies Holding Company, LLC, Buffalo, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 1/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for preserving erythrocytes comprising the steps of obtaining an erythrocyte concentrate; subjecting the erythrocyte concentrate to a gas system that includes 65% to 100% by volume and optionally one or more ballast gases from 0% to 35% by volume; and, maintaining the erythrocyte concentrate that has been subjected to the gas system at a temperature that is above the freezing point of the erythrocyte concentrate and up to a temperature of about 30° C.