Patent ID: 8496973

Claim:
Pharmaceutical grade sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate which contains no greater than about 10 ppm of non-purgeable organic carbon, contains no greater than about 0.01% by weight of carbonate, contains no greater than about 0.05 ppm of mercury, contains no greater than about 2 ppm of aluminum, contains no greater than about 0.003% by weight of selenium, contains no less than about 98% by weight and no greater than about 102% by weight of sodium thiosulfate on an anhydrous basis measured by ion chromatography, has a water content between 32% and 37% by weight, has a heavy metal content of no greater than about 10 ppm, contains no greater than about 200 ppm of chloride, contains no greater than about 0.001% by weight of sulfide, contains no greater than about 0.002% by weight of iron, contains no greater than about 0.01% by weight of calcium, contains no greater than about 0.005% by weight of potassium, contains no greater than about 0.1% of sulfite, contains no greater than about 0.5% of sulfate, contains no greater than about 3 ppm of arsenic, contains no greater than about 0.001% by weight of lead, has total aerobic count of microbial load of no greater than about 100 CFU/g, has total yeast and mold count of no greater than about 20 CFU/g, contains no greater than about 0.02 EU/mg of bacterial endotoxins, contains no greater than about 0.002% by weight of nitrogen compounds, contains no greater than about 0.005% by weight of insoluble matter, contains no greater than 0.01% by weight of residual anti-caking agent, and contains no greater than ICH Q3C (R3) limits of organic volatile impurities, wherein a 10% aqueous solution of the solid sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate at 25° C. is colorless and has a pH between about 6.0 and about 8.0, and wherein the solid sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate is odorless crystals.