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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chandrashenkhar P. Pathak, Austin, TX (US);
Mark A. Moore, Austin, TX (US);
Richard E. Phillips, San Marcos, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/500 ;
Abstract
A method for treating biomaterial is provided in which a biological tissue, typically after being cross-linked, is contacted with an anticalcification treatment solution under condition effective to render the biomaterial resistant to in vivo calcification upon implantation in a host animal. The anticalcification treatment solutions comprise higher alcohol solutions, a polyol solutions and/or a polar aprotic organic solvent solutions.