Use of a solution comprising glucose for peritoneal dialysis having reduced formation of age products

US6241943A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Gambro AB · SE

Inventors

• Anders Wieslander · Lund, SE
• Gunita Forsback · Visby, SE
• Torbjorn Linden · Karlskrona, SE
• Reinhold Deppisch · Hechingen, DE
• Thomas Henle · Freising, DE
• Anne Dawnay · London, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M1/287
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Use of a solution comprising glucose for peritoneal dialysis, in which the glucose portion is sterilised separately from the remaining components at a high glucose concentration above about 20% and mixed after sterilisation, substantially according to WO 93/09820. The solution has a reduced formation of advanced glycosylation end products and the use is indicated for diabetic uremic patients.