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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
Joseph Hamby, Woodstock, GA (US);
Steven Walsh, Marietta, GA (US);
AL Heacox, Marietta, GA (US);
Steven Goldstein, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Gale, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stacy Arnold, Cartersville, GA (US);
Ann Sands Updegrove, Roswell, GA (US);
Joseph Hamby, Woodstock, GA (US);
Steven Walsh, Marietta, GA (US);
Al Heacox, Marietta, GA (US);
Steven Goldstein, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Gale, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stacy Arnold, Cartersville, GA (US);
Ann Sands Updegrove, Roswell, GA (US);
CryoLife, Inc., Kennesaw, GA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes treating a pericardium tissue material, which has been harvested from a donor and rendered essentially acellular, with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution; and thereafter treating the pericardium tissue material with an antioxidant solution, which comprises ascorbic acid or a salt thereof.