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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Ilya Y. Ilyin, Wayland, MA (US);
Maria G. Tkachman, St. Petersburg, RU;
Maria E. Urusova, Gatchina, RU;
James S. Jones, St. Simons Island, GA (US);
William E. Grieshober, East Amherst, NY (US);
Semyon Kogan, Newton, MA (US);
Pavel Butylin, St. Petersburg, RU;
Rostislav Khorenyan, St. Petersburg, RU;
Ilya Y. Ilyin, Wayland, MA (US);
Maria G. Tkachman, St. Petersburg, RU;
Maria E. Urusova, Gatchina, RU;
James S. Jones, St. Simons Island, GA (US);
William E. Grieshober, East Amherst, NY (US);
Semyon Kogan, Newton, MA (US);
Pavel Butylin, St. Petersburg, RU;
Rostislav Khorenyan, St. Petersburg, RU;
Rich Products Corporation, Buffalo, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved method for storing platelets and compositions that contain stored platelets for use in transfusions. The method entails obtaining a platelet concentrate from blood obtained from an individual and holding the platelet concentrate at refrigerated temperatures under an atmosphere having a pressure of from 3.5 to 5 bars comprising more than 65% xenon and for at least one week. Also provided is a refrigerated composition that contains a platelet concentrate, wherein the platelet concentrate contains xenon, and wherein the platelet concentrate has been isolated from an individual for at least seven days.