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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:
Jan. 09, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lily Lin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Lawrence Corash, Berkeley, CA (US);
Stephen Isaacs, Orinda, CA (US);
George Cimino, Richmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
Steritech, Inc., Concord, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 424 9372 ; 604-4 ; 604 20 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions are described for treating contaminants in material intended for in vivo use, and in particular blood and blood products for human use. Compositions of synthetic media are described which optimize conditions for inactivation of contaminants in blood cell preparations, using 8-methoxypsoralen, prior to long term storage and transfusion.