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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Shirley I. Miekka, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Wilson Burgess, Clifton, VA (US);
William N. Drohan, Springfield, VA (US);
Martin J. Macphee, Montgomery Village, MD (US);
Randall S. Kent, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
David M. Mann, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Yuri Griko, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Shirley I. Miekka, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Wilson Burgess, Clifton, VA (US);
William N. Drohan, Springfield, VA (US);
Martin J. Macphee, Montgomery Village, MD (US);
Randall S. Kent, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
David M. Mann, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Yuri Griko, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Clearant, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods are disclosed for sterilizing preparations containing albumin to reduce the level of one or more active biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacteria (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, chlamydia, rickettsias), yeasts, molds, fungi, prions or similar agents responsible, alone or in combination, for TSEs and/or single or multicellular parasites. These methods involve sterilizing preparations containing albumin, such as plasma protein fractions, with irradiation.