Method of inactivating pathogens

US6436344B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The American National Red Cross · US
• Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Inc. · SE

Inventors

• Shirley Miekka · Gaithersburg, US
• William H. Drohan · Springfield, US
• Herbert Baumann · Uppsala, SE
• Ingrid Drevin · Uppsala, SE
• Jean-Luc Maloisel · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C45/79
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention introduces a class of compounds, 2-substituted carbonyl compounds, that are useful as disinfecting agents, and particularly useful in methods for the disinfection of biological fluids. Members of the class of compounds have been found to possess pathogen inactivating properties against a variety of pathogens. The compounds and methods disclosed herein are useful for disinfecting biological fluids such as blood and blood fractions, among others.