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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Gottlieb, New York, NY (US);
Ehud Ben-Hur, New York, NY (US);
Sara Lustigman, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514185 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for inactivating parasites in blood cell-containing compositions by incubating a mixture of the blood cell-containing composition, a phthalocyanine dye and a quencher and optionally irradiating this mixture with red light. This invention further relates to a method of sterilizing blood cell-containing compositions which contain lipid enveloped viruses and blood borne parasites.