Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

Vadim V Krongauz

Dustin Christopher Cawthon

Ton That Hai

Kent Lane Lurvey

Mark Nordhaus

Michael Tung-Kiung Ling

Lecon Woo

Tuan Bui

Birendra K Lal

Craig L Sandford

Shmuel Sternberg

Paul Jeffrey Sanders

Hsinjin E Yang

Robin Gail Pauley

Rosa Yeh

Cong Jiang

Robert A Clarke

Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy

Ozlem Yardimci

David R Lamb

William S Hoerle

Ashok K Khanna

Alexander Savitski

Nicklaus J Kirichkow

Kenneth Glen Suh

Phillip W Carter

John-Bruce Devault Green

Nathan A Vandesteeg

A method for immobilizing dyes and antimicrobial agents on a polymeric cover or housing for a medical device is disclosed and described. The surface may be that of a catheter, a connector, a drug vial spike, a bag spike, a prosthetic device, an endoscope, a surface of an infusion pump, a key pad, a touch screen or a handle. The surfaces may also be one or more of those associated with a infusion of a medicament or dialysis treatment, such as peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis, where it is important that the working surface for the dialysis fluid be sterile. These surfaces include connectors for peritoneal dialysis sets or for hemodialysis sets, bag spikes, dialysis catheters, and so forth. A method for determining whether a surface has been sterilized, and a dye useful in so indicating, is also disclosed.

Antimicrobial housing and cover for a medical device

Methods for making antimicrobial resins and for forming coatings comprising antimicrobial resins on substrate surfaces are disclosed. The methods involve providing a mixture comprising about 15 weight % to about 80 weight % of a hydrophilic acrylic oligomer, about 10 weight % to about 80 weight % of a multifunctional acrylic monomer, about 5 weight % to about 40 weight % of an adhesion-promoting acrylic or vinyl monomer, and about 0.1 weight % to about 15 weight % of a metal salt; and exposing the mixture to a radiation source to cure at least a portion of the mixture, thereby forming an antimicrobial resin.

Antimicrobial resin compositions

A medical device, such as a vascular access device, is disclosed for providing access to a medical fluid flow path for the introduction or withdrawal of medical fluids to and from the flow path. The access device includes an indicator for providing a visual indication when the access device has been exposed to an antiseptic agent.

Medical fluid access device with antiseptic indicator

Methods for making antimicrobial resins

Methods for processing substrate surfaces carrying coatings comprising a metal are disclosed. The methods involve providing a substrate surface having a coating comprising a metal, and exposing the substrate surface to a mixture including an oxidizing agent and an anion.

Methods for processing substrates having an antimicrobial coating

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Bartlett, IL, United States of America

Vadim V Krongauz