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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:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E Phillips, San Marcos, TX (US);
Mark A Moore, Austin, TX (US);
Ruth L Russell, Long Beach, CA (US);
David Cheung, Arcadia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Carbomedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128898 ; 128897 ; 623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 66 ; 424667 ; 422 28 ; 422 37 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an iodine-based solution, and a method of using that solution, which sterilizes tissue implants without denaturing the proteins in the implant and without inducing calcification of the implant in vivo. Preferably, the tissue implants sterilized using the present invention are fixed without using glutaraldehyde. Most preferably, the tissue implants are fixed by photooxidation.