US 12,029,528 B2
Apparatus and method for disinfection
Pascal Kopperschmidt, Ditttelbrunn (DE)
Assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg (DE)
Appl. No. 16/626,900
Filed by FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/066860
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 27, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/002161, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 114 735.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315458 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0071 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61K 49/0039 (2013.01); A61L 2/0088 (2013.01); A61L 2/28 (2013.01); A61M 1/169 (2013.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of disinfecting a skin region of a patient, in which access for a blood treatment takes place, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
a) applying a fluorescent substance to the skin region; and
subsequently,
b) applying a disinfectant to the skin region,
wherein the fluorescent substance and the disinfectant are configured such that the fluorescent substance is removed from the skin region by the disinfectant or the optical effect of the fluorescent substance completely or substantially disappears by the disinfectant.