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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:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl W. Rausch, Providence, RI (US);
Mario Feola, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
BioPure Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/842 ; C07K 1/14 ; C07K 1/34 ; C07K 1/4805 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/842 ; C07K 1/14 ; C07K 1/34 ; C07K 1/4805 ;
Abstract
A blood substitute and plasma expander comprising a cross-linked, substantially endotoxin-free hemoglobin solution and process for preparing same. The process comprises fractionating whole blood, separating out a stromal-free, sterile hemoglobulin solution, chromatographically separating endotoxins from said hemoglobin solution and crosslinking the resulting endotoxin-free hemoglobin solution.