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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
May. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr, Norfolk, VA (US);
Assignee:
LifeNet Research Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 49 ; 128898 ; 623 16 ; 134 61 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for cleaning cadaveric donor bone to produce bone grafts suitable for transplantation into a human, as well as the bone grafts produced thereby. The present method involves removing bone marrow potentially containing bacteria, virus or fungi, from the donor bone by sonicating the bone in a solvent containing one or more detergents to produce bone grafts essentially free from bone marrow, as well as bone grafts essentially free from any detectable bacterial, fungal, or viral contamination.