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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stanley B. Prusiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jiri G. Safar, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N033/53 ; B01D015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices such as flow through columns, substrates such as spherical polymer beads, and methods of using such to remove prions from any liquid sample are disclosed. A surface of a substrate is coated with a prion complexing agent, such as a salt of phosphotungstic acid. Blood or plasma passing through a column containing beads coated with prion complexing agent are rendered prion free.