Patent ID: 6444418
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A01N,A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A terminally heat sterilized non-naturally occuring aqueous solution, wherein said solution comprises:a hydroxyethyl starch having an average molecular weight of at least 150,000 daltons; a carboxylic acid, salt or ester thereof; Na+ in an amount ranging from 70 to about 160 mM; Ca++ in an amount ranging from about 0.5 to 4.0 mM; Cl31  in an amount ranging from 70 to 160 mM; Mg++ in an amount ranging from 0 to 10 mM; k+ in an amount ranging from 0 to 5 mM; and a simple hexose sugar from 2 to 50 mM; wherein said solution is terminally heat sterilized and does not include a conventional biological buffer.