Abstract: The interior surface of a container, such as a bloodbag, is primed and subsequently coated with a time-releasable viricide against HIV absorbed in a hydrogel polymer. The viricides of this invention are derivatives of urea, and upon release into the blood, have no adverse effects on the red blood cell functions of the blood.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 1991
Date of Patent:
April 5, 1994
Assignees:
Hydro Slip Technologies Inc., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Inventors:
Arye Rubinstein, Albert Goldstein, Howard I. Podell