Patent ID: 6841172

Claim:
An aqueous dialysate composition comprising: water; about 130 to about 150 mEq/L sodium; about 0.4 to about 1.5 mEq/L magnesium; about 2 to about 4 mEq/L calcium; about 1 to about 4 mEq/L potassium; about 90 to about 120 mEq/L chloride; about 3 to about 5 mEq/L acetate; about 30 to about 40 mEq/L bicarbonate; glucose; and an iron complex dissolved in the water, the complex comprising one or more divalent or trivalent iron ions and one or more anions and having a molecular weight of less than about 50,000, the iron complex having a concentration in the water to provide an iron concentration of from about 1 to about 250 μg/dl.