Patent ID: 7723108

Claim:
A method for the treatment of human donor dermis to prepare the same for implantation into a human comprising: (a) thawing frozen donor dermis and decellularizing the donor dermis; (b) inspecting the donor dermis for defects; (c) trimming the donor dermis for processing; (d) sterilizing the trimmed donor dermis in a vacuum with a soak in a sterilization solution consisting essentially of propylene glycol, ethanol, water and peracetic acid, (e) rinsing the material contained in the soak from the donor dermis; (f) cutting the treated donor dermis to a specific size; (g) immersing the cut donor dermis in ethanol; and (h) packaging the ethanol-soaked donor dermis in a sealed package, wherein the donor dermis is flexible upon removal from the package.