Infection-preventing catheter arrangement

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1993-04-30

1995-07-18

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 87, 604265, A61M 3700

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ABSTRACT:
Anti-infection catheter arrangement comprising a catheter which has a rigid or flexible catheter tube with a connection piece at the distal end, characterized by a filling and suction device which can be attached to the connection piece and one or more active principle reservoirs with a total volume equal to the capacity of the catheter, possibly in addition the volume of intermediate pieces, in particular a three-way valve. This volume is entirely filled and at least one of the active principle reservoirs is filled with a substance containing at least an antibiotic agent or a chemotherapeutic agent or an antiviral agent, preferably aminoglycoside, in particular gentamycin, in at least a minimal effective concentration.

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