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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:
Mar. 12, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philippe Menasche, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Pasteur Merieux Serums et Vaccines, Lyon, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424678 ; 424679 ; 424681 ; 424682 ; 514-2 ; 514 23 ; 514 25 ; 514385 ; 514561 ;
Abstract
Perfusion and preservation and/or reperfusion solutions for surgery and organ transplantation, including that of the heart, a feature of which solutions is the inclusion of at least one antioxidant compound, such as a trapping agent for free oxygen radicals, in particular glutathione in the reduced state or N-acetylcysteine, said solutions possessing a zero or greatly reduced partial pressure of oxygen which is maintained substantially at this value up to the time of use. The solution is preferably presented in flexible bags impermeable to oxygen.