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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Sayed S. Shah, St. Louis, MO (US);
Shahin Keller, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mildred R. Bernando, St. Louis, MO (US);
Steris Inc., Temecula, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for treating medical instruments after a surgical procedure, which leaves blood or other body fluid on the instrument, includes applying a gel composition that inhibits the fluid from drying on the instruments. The gel composition is preferably a low viscosity gel exhibiting both sufficient flow and coating characteristics. The viscosity is preferably from about 700 to about 4,000 centipoise (cps), preferably around 3,000 cps. Applying a gel to post-surgical medical instruments contains and keeps protein containing fluids moist for extended periods of time and facilitates subsequent transportation, cleaning, and sterilization of such instruments.