Sterilant compositions
AssigneeErika, Inc.
InventorsElaine N. Tell, Preston L. Veltman
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Abstract
There are disclosed sterilant compositions having improved biocompatibility comprising a sterilant such as sodium chlorite, an acid such as citric acid, and a buffer such as sodium bicarbonate, the compositions forming an isotonic solution with pH of approximately 7.3. The compositions are particularly useful for cleansing and sterilizing kidney hemodialysis apparatus with minimal disruption of the protein layer which forms on the internal surface of the hollow fibers of a dialysis membrane when a patient is undergoing treatment with the apparatus thus establishing improved biocompatibility between patient and apparatus. The compositions are also useful in other areas of technology, such as, for example, food and wine making technologies.
Claims25
A sterilant composition which when mixed with water comprises by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, an effective amount, in a range of from about 10 ppm to about 50,000 ppm of a water soluble oxidant sterilant, a water soluble acid in a range of from about 100 ppm to about 10,000 ppm and a water soluble buffer in a range of from about 1000 ppm to about 100,000 ppm sufficient to provide an isotonic solution with a pH of approximately 7.3, wherein none of the three components, the water soluble oxidant sterilant, the water soluble acid and the water soluble buffer, are the same, and wherein the composition is biocompatible and suitable for use in a membrane-containing device.
A sterilant solution consisting essentially of:
- a) at least about 10 ppm of a water soluble oxidant sterilant;
- b) at least about 100 ppm of a water soluble acid;
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- c) at least about 1000 ppm of a water soluble buffer;
- wherein said solution is isotonic;
- wherein none of components a) through c) are the same;
- and wherein said sterilant solution is biocompatible and suitable for use in a membrane-containing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.