Patent ID: 9555116
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,A61Q

Claim:
1. A method of treating or preventing a microbial infection and regulating the rate of blood-clotting in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an antimicrobial and blood-clotting regulatory composition for use in blood contact applications selected from the group consisting of surgical irrigation, wound care, catheter locking solutions, and the coating of catheters and other medical devices for insertion through the skin or into a bodily orifice or cavity, the composition comprising: (a) one or more free fatty acids selected from the group consisting of caproic, caprylic, capric, lauric, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids and mixtures thereof; and (b) one or more membrane lipids as emulsifying agent for the free fatty acid(s), wherein the membrane lipid is delipidized lecithin, wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b) is from about 0.25:1 to about 10:1.