Method for conserving biological prostheses, conserved biological prostheses and conserving solutions
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1. A conserved biological prosthesis produced in accordance with a method comprising the following steps:
- (a) treating a biological prosthesis with a solution which contains a mixture of epoxide compounds which are at least in part of different lengths, wherein said mixture of epoxide compounds includes at least one non-polymer epoxide compound with two epoxide groups;
(b) treating the biological prosthesis treated in accordance with step (a) with a solution containing an antithrombotic, wherein the antithrombotic is a mixture of heparin and acetylsalicylic acid; and
(c) optionally storing the prosthesis treated in accordance with step (b) in a sterilizing solution.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method of conserving biological prostheses, wherein the method includes the following steps: (a) treating biological prostheses with a solution which contains a mixture of epoxide compounds which are at least in part of different lengths; (b) treating the biological prosthesis treated in accordance with step (a) with an antithrombotic-bearing solution; and (c) possibly storing the prosthesis treated in accordance with step (b) in a sterilising solution. The invention further concerns a biological prosthesis produced in accordance with the method of the invention and a conserving agent.
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1. A conserved biological prosthesis produced in accordance with a method comprising the following steps:
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(a) treating a biological prosthesis with a solution which contains a mixture of epoxide compounds which are at least in part of different lengths, wherein said mixture of epoxide compounds includes at least one non-polymer epoxide compound with two epoxide groups; (b) treating the biological prosthesis treated in accordance with step (a) with a solution containing an antithrombotic, wherein the antithrombotic is a mixture of heparin and acetylsalicylic acid; and (c) optionally storing the prosthesis treated in accordance with step (b) in a sterilizing solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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