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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Horowitz, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Bolanle Williams, New York, NY (US);
Henrietta Margolis-Nunno, New York, NY (US);
Sing N Chin, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; C12N / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-2 ; 4351731 ; 4351733 ; 604-4 ;
Abstract
A process is presented for transfusing cells which have been sterilized with radiation and a quencher of type I and type II photodynamic reactions. The cells are removed from a donor and exposed to virucidally effective amount of radiation in the presence of a quencher of type I and type II reactions, or a mixture of a quencher for type I reactions and a quencher of type II reactions. Subsequently, the sterilized cell containing fraction is returned to the donor.