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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:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alan I Rubinstein, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61L / ; A61L / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 37 ; 422 28 ; 424661 ; 435-2 ; 530412 ;
Abstract
A method to inactivate viruses or to disinfect blood products, for instance units of red blood cells, wherein a disinfectant or virus inactivating chemical is made isotonic or nearly isotonic, and wherein the red blood cells are exposed to isotonic disinfectant to inactivate any agent which may be present, for example HIV-1 virus which causes AIDS. The method may also be applied to plasma fractions and corneas.