Patents Assigned to Credit Managers Association of California
  • Method of inactivation of viral and bacterial blood contaminants
    Patent number: 5587490
    Abstract: A compound is provided for inactivating viral, bacterial or other contamination in cells, body fluids or fractions thereof. The compound comprises a psoralen with a single substituent that is either a quaternary phosphonium or ammonium moiety, and at least one substituent that is a halogen. The compound selectively binds to the contaminant, and upon activation by irradiation, damages the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Credit Managers Association of California
    Inventors: Raymond P. Goodrich, Jr., Matthew S. Platz, Nagender Yerram, Roger W. Hackett, Marjan van Borssum Waalkes, Christine M. Williams-Hughes, Victoria A. Wong