Patent ID: 6387612
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A01N,A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of making a terminally heat sterilized plasma like solution, said method comprising:(a) providing a solution comprising: a starch having a molecular weight of at least 150,000 daltons; Na+ present in a concentration ranging from 70 mM to about 160 mM; Ca+ present in a concentration ranging from about 0.5 mM to 4.0 mM; Clâˆ’ present in a concentration ranging from 70 mM to 160 mM; Mg+ present in a concentration ranging from 0 mM to 10 mM; K+ present in a concentration ranging from 0 mM to 5 mM, an organic carboxylic acid, salt or ester thereof; and a simple sugar, wherein said solution does not include a conventional biological buffer, and (b) heating said solution to a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to produce a terminally heat sterilized plasma like solution.