Patent ID: 6258577
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A61L,A61M,A61P,C12N

Abstract:
A method for decontamination of a fluid, by inactivation of microorganisms therein, sufficiently effective such that said fluid can be administered to a patient, said fluid also containing a component selected from the group consisting of biologically active protein, blood, and blood constituents, without destroying the biological activity of such component, said method comprising:(a) adding an effective, non-toxic amount of an endogenous alloxazine or isoalloxazine photosensitizer to said fluid;(b) exposing the fluid of step (a) to photoradiation sufficient to activate the endogenous photosensitizer;(c) allowing said activated endogenous photosensitizer to inactivate said microorganisms.