Anti-infection catheter

Details Anti-infection catheter Anti-infection catheter

1999-04-26

2000-11-14

McDermott, Corrine

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604523, A61M 532

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active

061463639

ABSTRACT:
An anti-infection catheter arrangement with catheter (1), which exhibits a rigid or flexible catheter tube with the connection piece (10) furnished at a rear side end, wherein the filling and suction device (1) with several reservoirs of active agent is connectable to the connection piece (10), wherein at least one of the active agent reservoirs is filled with a substance, containing at least one antibiotic, or, respectively chemo-therapeutic agent or, respectively, an anti-viral agent, preferably aminoglycoside, preferably gentamicin (13) in an at least minimum effective concentration, wherein a further one of the reservoirs is filled with a substance containing or forming at least one essentially non-damaging material to the tissue cells and blood cells, preferably an anticoagulant, in particular heparin (12), wherein the filling and suction device (1) is constructed such that this substance essentially can be filled into the region of the tip of the catheter tube (15) and wherein the total volume of the reservoirs corresponds at least to the filling volume of the catheter, possibly additionally to the volume of intermediate pieces, in particular of a three-way cock.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5433705 (1995-07-01), Giebel et al.

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