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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Joseph Deangelo, Carrboro, NC (US);
David Needham, Durham, NC (US);
Carroll Jones, Coronado, CA (US);
Joseph DeAngelo, Carrboro, NC (US);
David Needham, Durham, NC (US);
Carroll Jones, Coronado, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed is a multi-compartment medical device useful in the storage, processing and extended shelf life of perishable products, especially pharmaceutical, food and biological products. Particular biological materials processed according to the present methods are human blood and blood products (RBCs). Also disclosed are processes for preserving food, pharmaceutical and biological products for long-term storage and extended shelf life employing a process that reduces the hydration level of the material to less than native hydration levels of the specific product. The invention further provides stabilized biological products, such as in the form of glassified beads, prepared using a two-phase system according to the described processes that may be rehydrated and prepared for clinical use, and having essentially no loss of biological and/or pharmacological activity.