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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1993
Raymond P Goodrich, Jr, Pasadena, CA (US);
Matthew S Platz, Columbus, OH (US);
Nagender Yerram, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Roger W Hackett, Pasadena, CA (US);
Marjan van Borssum Waalkes, Vernendaal, NL;
Christine M Williams-Hughes, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Victoria A Wong, Cary, NC (US);
Credit Managers Association of California, Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A compound is provided for inactivating viral, bacterial or other contamination in cells, body fluids or fractions thereof. The compound comprises a psoralen with a single substituent that is either a quaternary phosphonium or ammonium moiety, and at least one substituent that is a halogen. The compound selectively binds to the contaminant, and upon activation by irradiation, damages the contaminant.