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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Biomet Biologics, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Alan Gray, North Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Biologies, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/18 (2015.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); A01N 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/078 (2010.01); A61K 35/12 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/18 (2013.01); A01N 1/00 (2013.01); A01N 1/0226 (2013.01); A61K 31/19 (2013.01); A61K 31/70 (2013.01); C12N 5/0641 (2013.01); A61K 2035/124 (2013.01); C12N 2501/999 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for treating blood. The methods comprise obtaining whole blood from a donor, mixing the whole blood with a red blood cell enhancement composition, and incubating the mixture of whole blood and red blood cell enhancement composition. The method can be performed at a time proximate to the time of obtaining blood from the donor, or after the blood has been stored for a period of time. The method rejuvenates red blood cells.