Patent ID: 9655951
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23K,A23L,A23V,A61K

Claim:
1. A method for storing prepared chicken cartilage in an aqueous medium at room temperature without microbial spoilage of the prepared chicken cartilage, the method comprising the steps of: (a) separating chicken cartilage containing water-insoluble undenatured Type II collagen from chicken tissue to produce separated chicken cartilage; (b) sterilizing said separated chicken cartilage under conditions which do not change the original structure of the Type II collagen to produce a prepared chicken cartilage; (c) passing the prepared chicken cartilage through a rotating colloid mill to produce particles of the cartilage having a mean particle diameter of less than 10 micrometers; and (d) storing said particles of the cartilage having a mean particle diameter of less than 10 micrometers for more than six days but less than eight years at room temperature in an aqueous medium comprising more than 0.3 percent carbon dioxide by weight without microbial spoilage of the prepared chicken cartilage.