Patent 7129035 was granted and assigned to Cryolife, Inc. on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention relates to the sterilization and preservation of tissue for storage. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of using a solution to form a preserved tissue. The solution includes a radical scavenger at a concentration believed to reduce the damage to the tissue that could otherwise occur during sterilization with ionizing radiation.