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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fritz Sieber, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435238 ; 424-3 ; 424 89 ; 514274 ; 544300 ; 544319 ;
Abstract
A method of inactivating viruses comprises bringing the viruses into contact with an effective amount of a photosensitizing agent which will bind to the viruses and/or virus infected cells, and then exposing the resulting mixture to visible light to excite and inactivate the viruses.