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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Stephen R. Ash, Lafayette, IN (US);
Janusz Steczko, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Gary L. Swanson, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Stephen R. Ash, Lafayette, IN (US);
Janusz Steczko, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Gary L. Swanson, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Ash Access Technology, Inc., West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to compositions, methods, devices and kits relating to the infusion of a catheter lock solution into an indwelling catheter. Inventive compositions, methods, devices and kits aid in diminishing the effects of microbial infection in catheters and occlusion of the catheters. A lock solution provided by the invention includes citrate and a paraben. The solution preferably has a density suitable for retention of the solution in a catheter during the lock period. Another lock solution provided by the invention includes citrate, a paraben and a photo-oxidant, such as, for example, methylene blue.