Pain management kit for administration of medication

• US 20020185406A1
• Filed: 04/15/2002
• Published: 12/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: I-Flow Corporation (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Original Assignee: I-Flow Corporation (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Massengale, Roger Dillard, Keahey, Robert B.
• Application Number:
  US10/123,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20020185406A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/571
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/75 with filters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/002 Packages specially adapted therefor combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113; catheter kit packages for surgical articles A61B50/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor

Abstract

A pain management kit for the administration of medication and a related method of use is disclosed. The pain management kit includes the primary medical supplies for performing a continuous nerve block procedure, preferably in a single, sterile container. Specifically, the kit may contain medical supplies to create a sterile field, perform a local anesthetic procedure and to perform a continuous nerve block procedure. Preferably, the contents of the kit are arranged in the general order of their use.

Claims

1. A pain management kit for performing a nerve block procedure, comprising;

a container including a peripheral surface;

a cover releasably secured to said peripheral surface of said container, said container and said cover defining a sterile space therebetween; and

a plurality of sterile medical items disposed within said sterile space, said container and cover being configured such that said medical items remain sterile at least until said cover is removed from said container;

wherein said plurality of medical items comprise supplies to create a sterile field surrounding a desired pierce site of a patient, supplies to locally anesthetize said pierce site and supplies to perform a continuous nerve block of a desired block site of said patient.

2. The pain management kit of claim 1, wherein said sterile field supplies are arranged separately from said local anesthetic supplies and said continuous nerve block supplies.

3. The pain management kit of claim 2, additionally including a sterile field tray and a main tray disposed within said sterile space, wherein said sterile field supplies are arranged within said sterile field tray and said local anesthetic supplies and said continuous nerve block supplies are arranged within said main tray.

4. The pain management kit of claim 3, wherein said main tray defines an internal space, said sterile field tray being disposed within said internal space.

5. The pain management kit of claim 4, wherein said main tray includes at least one stop surface, said stop surface and said main tray defining a first compartment, said stop surface being configured to substantially secure said sterile field tray within said first compartment.

6. A method of using the pain management kit of claim 1 comprising:

removing said cover from said container to expose said plurality of medical items;

creating a sterile field about said pierce site of a patient using the sterile field supplies; and

performing a continuous nerve block procedure on a nerve bundle using said continuous nerve block supplies.

7. A pain management kit for performing a nerve block procedure, comprising;

a container including a peripheral surface;

a cover releasably secured to said peripheral surface of said container, said container and said cover defining a sterile space therebetween;

at least one tray positioned within said sterile space;

a plurality of sterile medical items disposed within said at least one tray;

a sterile wrap including a central portion and a peripheral portion surrounding said central portion, said central portion of said sterile wrap interposed between said at least one tray and said container, said peripheral portion of said sterile wrap folded to cover said plurality of medical items;

wherein said plurality of medical items comprise supplies to create a sterile field surrounding a desired pierce site of a patient, supplies to locally anesthetize said pierce site and supplies to perform a continuous nerve block of a desired block site of said patient.

8. The pain management kit of claim 7, wherein said sterile field supplies are arranged separately from said local anesthetic supplies and said continuous nerve block supplies.

9. The pain management kit of claim 8, wherein said at least one tray comprises a sterile field tray and a main tray, wherein said sterile field supplies are arranged within said sterile field tray and said local anesthetic supplies and said continuous nerve block supplies are arranged within said main tray.

10. The pain management kit of claim 9, wherein said main tray defines an internal space, said sterile field tray being disposed within said internal space.

11. The pain management kit of claim 10, wherein said main tray includes at least one stop surface, said stop surface and said main tray defining a first compartment, said stop surface being configured to substantially secure said sterile field tray within said first compartment.