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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:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Meruelo, Scarborough, NY (US);
Gad Lavie, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61F / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514732 ; 514738 ; 604347 ; 604349 ; 604403 ; 604408 ; 604416 ; 435-2 ; 424D / ;
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions, articles and methods for inactivating viruses present in whole blood and other body fluids. The method comprises contacting the body fluids with an effective amount of an antiviral compound. Blood bags, vacuum blood tubes, condoms, spermicidal jellies and vaginal lubricants containing effective amounts of the antiviral compounds are also provided.