Inventors:
Martin MacPhee - Montgomery Village MD, US
Glenn Calvert - Frederick MD, US
Tom Lynch - Rockville MD, US
Randall S. Kent - Thousand Oaks CA, US
David Mann - Gaithersburg MD, US
Wilson Burgess - Clifton VA, US
Shirley Miekka - Gaithersburg MD, US
William N. Drohan - Springfield VA, US
Assignee:
Clearant, Inc. - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
A61L002/08
US Classification:
422 22, 422 21, 422 23, 422 24, 435 11, 435 2
Abstract:
Methods are disclosed for sterilizing tissue to reduce the level of one or more active biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacteria, (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, , rickettsias), yeasts, molds, fungi, spores, prions or similar agents responsible, alone or in combination, for TSEs and/or single or multicellular parasites. The methods involve sterilizing one or more tissues with irradiation.