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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:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A. Moore, Austin, TX (US);
David T. Cheung, Arcadia, CA (US);
Gerald L. Mechanic, late of Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian K. Mcilroy, Georgetown, TX (US);
Assignee:
Carbomedics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/800 ;
Abstract
A method extracting lipids from tissue samples, particularly collagenous tissue samples for use in preserving the tissue samples, is disclosed. The product of the method of extracting the lipids is also disclosed. Extraction is accomplished by immersing the tissue sample in a medium which is an aqueous solution of a salt and a sugar that is buffered to maintain pH and which has a high (greater than about 4500 mosm) osmolality.