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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Laura McKinley, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Monique Poon, Tustin, CA (US);
Will Wei Wang, Garden Grove, CA (US);
Benjamin Wong, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 1/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/3687 (2013.01); A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3625 (2013.01); A61L 2400/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01); A61L 2430/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing phospholipid concentration in biological tissue. The biological tissue is immersed in an isopropyl alcohol solution for an effective period of time. After the effective period of time, the biological tissue has a phospholipid concentration that is at least 10 percent by weight less than an initial phospholipid concentration of the biological tissue.