WOUND CARE KIT

• US 20100274205A1
• Filed: 04/14/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Invacare Continuing Care, Inc. (Invacare Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Invacare Continuing Care, Inc. (Invacare Corporation)
• Inventors: Morelli, Rocco R., Hippensteel, Scott D.
• Application Number:
  US12/760,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20100274205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/290
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/005 with a lid or cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3015 transparent
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/314 Flexible bags or pouches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/318 Multi-pouches, e.g. strips of side-by-side pouches
• 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: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/915 Constructional details of the pressure distribution manifold
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/06 Packaging for specific medical equipment

Abstract

A wound treatment kit for use in negative pressure wound therapy comprising a first container, a second container, and a third container. The first container comprises wound and skin preparation materials, the second container comprises wound dressing materials, and the third container comprises wound sealing materials. The first container further comprises a first label providing information directing the user to use the wound and skin preparation materials first in sequence before the wound dressing materials and the wound sealing materials. The second container further comprises a second label providing information directing the user to use the wound dressing materials second in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and before the wound sealing materials. The third container further comprises a third label providing information directing the user to use the wound sealing materials third in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and the wound dressing materials.

Claims

1. A wound treatment kit comprising:

a first container, a second container, and a third container;

the first container comprising wound and skin preparation materials;

the second container comprising wound dressing materials; and

the third container comprising wound sealing materials.

2. The wound treatment kit of claim 1,

the first container further comprising a first label comprising information directing the user to use the wound and skin preparation materials first in sequence before the wound dressing materials and the wound sealing materials;

the second container further comprising a second label comprising information directing the user to use the wound dressing materials second in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and before the wound sealing materials; and

the third container further comprising a third label comprising information directing the user to use the wound sealing materials third in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and the wound dressing materials.

3. The wound treatment kit of claim 1, the wound and skin preparation materials comprising a barrier wipe.

4. The wound treatment kit of claim 3, the wound and skin preparation materials further comprising a ruler.

5. The wound treatment kit of claim 1, the wound dressing materials comprising a drain and a non-adherent dressing.

6. The wound treatment kit of claim 5, the wound dressing materials further comprising a scissors.

7. The wound treatment kit of claim 5, the wound dressing materials further comprising dressing means to eliminate dead space between the wound bed and film dressing.

8. The wound treatment kit of claim 1, the wound sealing materials comprising a film dressing.

9. The wound treatment kit of claim 8, the wound sealing materials further comprising a paste.

10. The wound treatment kit of claim 1, the first container comprising a first tray, the second container comprising a second tray, and the third container comprising a third tray.

11. The wound treatment kit of claim 10,

the first tray comprising a first open top and a first wrapper,

the second tray comprising a second open top and a second wrapper,

wherein the first wrapper at least partially closes the first open top, and

wherein the second wrapper at least partially closes the second open top.

12. The wound treatment kit of claim 11, the third container at least partially surrounding the first container and second container.

13. The wound treatment kit of claim 12, further comprising a wrapper enclosing the first container, the second container, and the third container.

14. A wound treatment kit comprising a contiguous structure comprising:

a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber;

the first chamber comprising wound and skin preparation materials;

the second chamber comprising wound dressing materials; and

the third chamber comprising wound sealing materials.

15. The wound treatment kit of claim 14, the contiguous structure comprising a first perforation between the first chamber and the second chamber and a second perforation between the second chamber and the third chamber.

16. The wound treatment kit of claim 14,

the first chamber further comprising a first label comprising information directing the user to use the wound and skin preparation materials first in sequence before the wound dressing materials and the wound sealing materials;

the second chamber further comprising a second label comprising information directing the user to use the wound dressing materials second in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and before the wound sealing materials; and

the third chamber further comprising a third label comprising information directing the user to use the wound sealing materials third in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and the wound dressing materials.

17. The wound treatment kit of claim 16,

the wound and skin preparation materials comprising a barrier wipe,

the wound dressing materials comprising a drain and a non-adherent dressing, and

the wound sealing materials comprising a film dressing.

18. The wound treatment kit of claim 17,

the wound and skin preparation materials further comprising a ruler,

the wound dressing materials further comprising a scissors and means to eliminate dead space between the wound bed and film dressing, and

the wound sealing materials further comprising a paste.

19. The wound treatment kit of claim 16, the contiguous structure further comprising a structure width, the first chamber comprising a first width, the second chamber comprising a second width, and the third chamber comprising a third width, wherein the third width is approximately equal to the structure width, and the third width is greater than or equal to the combination of the first width and the second width.

20. A method of preparing, dressing, and sealing a wound for treatment comprising:

obtaining a wound treatment kit, the wound treatment kit comprising a first container, a second container, and a third container;

the first container comprising wound and skin preparation materials and;

the second container comprising wound dressing materials; and

the third container comprising wound sealing materials,

wherein the first container further comprises a first label comprising information directing the user to use the wound and skin preparation materials first in sequence before the wound dressing materials and the wound sealing materials;

the second container further comprising a second label comprising information directing the user to use the wound dressing materials second in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and before the wound sealing materials;

the third container further comprising a third label comprising information directing the user to use the wound sealing materials third in sequence after the wound and skin preparation materials and the wound dressing materials;

the wound and skin preparation materials comprising a barrier wipe;

the wound dressing materials comprising a non-adherent dressing and a drain, the drain comprising a first end and a second end;

the wound sealing materials comprising a film dressing;

removing the barrier wipe from the first container;

presenting a patient, the patient comprising a wound and healthy skin around the wound;

wiping the healthy skin with the barrier wipe;

removing the non-adherent dressing from the second container;

placing the non-adherent dressing over the wound;

removing the drain from the second container;

placing the first end of the drain over the non-adherent dressing;

removing the film dressing from the third container;

placing the film dressing over the wound, non-adherent dressing, and the first end of the drain, allowing the second end of the drain to not be covered by the film dressing; and

connecting the second end of the drain to a source of suction.