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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Anthony E Bolton, Sheffield, GB;
Vasogen Inc, Etobicoke, CA;
Abstract
A method of inhibiting the aggregation of blood platelets in a human, which comprises: (a) contacting from about 0.01 ml to about 400 ml of blood with a blood platelet aggregation-inhibiting effective amount of ozone gas and ultraviolet radiation; and (b) administering the blood treated in step (a) to a human. A method of stimulating the immune system, and of treating immune system disorders, by treating blood with ultraviolet radiation and ozone gas, followed by administering the treated blood to a human. Also disclosed is a method of treating Raynaud's Disease by contacting about 0.01 ml to about 400 ml of human blood with a blood platelet aggregation-inhibiting effective amount of ozone gas in admixture with oxygen gas, and ultraviolet radiation, while maintained at a temperature in the range of from about 37.degree. C. to about 43.degree. C. for a period for about 0.5 minutes to about 10 minutes, and administering the blood so treated to a human patient with Raynaud's Disease.