Epidural anesthesia kit
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1. An epidural kit for quickly administering epidural anesthesia to a patient, the kit comprising:
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a skin preparation package containing a skin-preparation solution and means for delivering the fluid to the patient'"'"'s skin, the skin preparation package is ready to be opened and used to prepare a patient'"'"'s skin for penetration by needles;
a first syringe pre-filled with a local anesthetic;
an epidural needle for locating an epidural space of a patient;
a catheter for positioning in the epidural space of a patient through the epidural needle;
a second syringe pre-filled with a test fluid;
a preloaded saline cup having a removable lid and filled with a saline solution;
a tray for holding and removeably securing the first and second syringes, the epidural needle, and the cup;
a packaging means for enclosing the tray in a sterile environment; and
wherein the skin-preparation package is removeably secured relative to the packaging means to allow access to the skin-preparation package without requiring the packaging towel to be unfolded.
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Abstract
An epidural anesthesia kit preferably includes a skin-preparation package that is readily accessible before having to unfold a packaging towel, a plurality of pre-filled syringes, and a cup having a removeable lid for quick access to saline or other injectable fluid. Methods of manufacturing such kits and using them are also provided.
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23 Claims
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1. An epidural kit for quickly administering epidural anesthesia to a patient, the kit comprising:
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a packaging towel;
a skin preparation package containing a skin-preparation solution and means for delivering the fluid to the patient'"'"'s skin, the skin preparation package is ready to be opened and used to prepare a patient'"'"'s skin for penetration by needles;
a first syringe pre-filled with a local anesthetic;
an epidural needle for locating an epidural space of a patient;
a catheter for positioning in the epidural space of a patient through the epidural needle;
a second syringe pre-filled with a test fluid;
a preloaded saline cup having a removable lid and filled with a saline solution;
a tray for holding and removeably securing the first and second syringes, the epidural needle, and the cup;
a packaging means for enclosing the tray in a sterile environment; and
wherein the skin-preparation package is removeably secured relative to the packaging means to allow access to the skin-preparation package without requiring the packaging towel to be unfolded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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an outer tray having a top portion and an interior portion;
a packaging towel having an interior and an exterior and disposed within the interior portion of the outer tray;
a plurality of syringes disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packaging towel; and
a skin-preparation package removeably secured to the exterior of the packaging towel to provide for access to the skin-preparation package without requiring the packaging towel to be unfolded. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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an outer tray having a top portion and an interior portion;
a packaging towel having an interior and an exterior and disposed within the interior portion of the outer tray;
a skin preparation package removeably secured relative to the outer tray; and
a plurality of syringes pre-filled with injectable fluids and disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packaging towel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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an outer tray having a top portion and an interior portion;
a packaging towel having an interior and an exterior and disposed within the interior portion of the outer tray;
a cup having a removeable, sealed lid and containing an injectable fluid; and
a plurality of syringes disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packaging towel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method of manufacturing an epidural anesthesia kit, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an outer tray having a top portion;
providing an inner tray having compartments for holding objects secure;
placing a plurality of syringes into the interior tray;
filling a cup with an injectable fluid and sealing it with a removeable lid;
placing the cup in the inner tray;
placing an epidural syringe, catheter, and epidural needle on the inner tray;
placing the inner-tray on a packaging towel;
placing the packaging towel in the outer tray;
folding the packaging towel about the inner tray;
sealing the top portion of the outer tray with a top-sealing sheet; and
removeably securing a skin-preparation package to an outer portion of the packaging towel or an outer portion of the top sheet so that the skin-preparation package may be accessed without requiring the packaging towel to be unfolded. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of administering an epidural block to a patient with an epidural kit having an outer tray with a top-sealing sheet, a skin-preparation package available for immediate access upon opening the sealing-sheet, and a folded packaging towel surrounding a pre-filled local anesthetic syringe, a pre-filled test dose syringe, and a sealed cup of saline, the method comprising the steps of:
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opening the top-sealing sheet on the outer tray;
obtaining the skin-preparation package;
preparing the patient'"'"'s skin using the skin-preparation package;
unfolding the packing towel;
using the pre-filled local anesthesia syringe to administer a local anesthesia to the patient;
opening the saline cup;
loading an epidural syringe with saline obtained from the saline cup;
placing an epidural needle;
administering a test dose to the patient with the pre-filled test dose syringe;
inserting an epidural catheter; and
administering an epidural anesthesia.
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