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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles D. Finch, Clinton, MS (US);
John H. Wang, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
VascA, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ;
Abstract
Implanted catheters are locked with a solution comprising a lower alcohol, typically ethanol, propanol, or butanol, most preferably isopropanol. The use of an alcohol can both reduce fouling of the catheter, particularly clotting and thrombus in intravascular catheters, as well as reducing the risk of infection. The risk of infection can be further reduced by employing a catheter body which is sufficiently porous to permit the lower alcohol or other anti-microbial solution to penetrate into the catheter body and preferably through the catheter into tissue surrounding the implanted catheter.