Patent ID: 8563232
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A01N,A61K,A61L,C12N

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a devitalized soft tissue graft for implantation into a mammalian system, comprising: extracting a soft tissue sample with an extracting solution comprising a non-denaturing anionic detergent and a first decontaminating agent to produce an extracted tissue comprising cell lysis remnants; washing at least some cell lysis remnants from said extracted tissue with water and, subsequently placing the extracted, washed tissue into a storage solution comprising a water replacement agent to produce said devitalized soft tissue graft; wherein said devitalized soft tissue graft retains at least one of non-viable cells or cellular elements capable of inducing graft repopulation with an appropriate cell type, and wherein said process does not include deoxycholic acid or cholic acid.