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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
M William Mirsch, II, Roseville, MN (US);
Richard F Schroeder, Oakdale, MN (US);
Barbara Illingworth, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
William H Borner, Dana Point, CA (US);
Susan I Montoya, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07G / ; C07G / ; C14C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435267 ; 435265 ; 435268 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for processing tissue by inoculating the tissue with a solution having microorganisms, where the microorganisms are selected to produce compounds that process the tissue. The tissue is incubated with the inoculated microorganisms under conditions that are effective for processing the tissue by the chemicals produced by the microorganisms. The tissue may be subsequently treated to substantially remove or inactivate the microorganisms.