Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A process for the production of products for clinical use chosen from blood proteins, blood cells, plasma proteins, plasma cells, bone marrow proteins, or bone marrow cells comprising treating freshly shed blood or fresh bone marrow with an anticoagulant comprising a neutral salt which does not bind calcium ions, thereafter deriving said products for clinical use from the treated blood or marrow, and then reducing the toxicity of said products by removal of the ions of the salt below their toxic levels.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A process for the production of products for clinical use chosen from blood proteins, blood cells, plasma proteins, plasma cells, bone marrow proteins, or bone marrow cells comprising treating freshly shed blood or fresh bone marrow with an anticoagulant comprising a neutral salt which does not bind calcium ions, thereafter deriving said products for clinical use from the treated blood or marrow, and then reducing the toxicity of said products by removal of the ions of the salt below their toxic levels.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the anticoagulant natural salt contains at least one of the divalent ions calcium, magnesium, barium, or strontium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 2, wherein the anticoagulant further comprises sodium and/or potassium ions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the anticoagulant neutral salt is a magnesium salt in an amount corresponding to an 18 to 50 mM solution in the anticoagulated blood or marrow.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 4, wherein the anticoagulant further comprises sodium and/or potassium ions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 4, wherein the anticoagulant is present in the anticoagulated blood in an amount corresponding to a 25 mM solution.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the anticoagulant is present in the anticoagulated blood in an amount corresponding to a 10 to 500 mM solution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 7, wherein the anticoagulant is present in the anticoagulated blood in an amount corresponding to a 15 to 250 nM solution.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process according to claim 8, wherein the anticoagulant is present in the anticoagulated blood in an amount corresponding to a 16 to 100 mM solution.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein the anion of the neutral salt is chloride.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the step of reducing the toxicity comprises contacting the treated blood or marrow with an ion exchange resin.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the step of reducing the toxicity comprises dialyzing the blood or marrow.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 1 as applied to blood comprising removing fresh blood from a mammalian donor into a blood pack container that is precharged with an aqueous solution of said neutral salt in appropriate amount.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The process of claim 1 as applied to blood comprising removing fresh blood from a mammalian donoer into a container containing a charge of a suitable amount, as compared with the blood being shed, of said neutral salt as a dry solid.