Uses for a current of supercritical carbon dioxide as an antiviral agent
US5723012A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/915
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention concerns the use with the aim of antiviral prophylaxis of a current of carbon dioxide CO.sub.2 in the supercritical state in contact with a tissue having a collagenous network of human or animal origin intended to be used as or in an implantable supporting tissue prosthesis as a biomaterial, wherein carbon dioxide in the supercritical state has the function of eliminating viral contamination from the tissue.
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