Epidural anesthesia kit

• US 6,769,546 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2002
• Issued: 08/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Busch L. John
• Original Assignee: Busch L. John
• Inventors: Busch, L. John
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, LUAN KIM
• Application Number:
  US10/189,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20040004019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 206/570-572, 206/223, 206/232, 206/363-366, 206/564, 206/438, 206/440, 206/400, 504/28, 504/93.01, 504/158, 504/161, 504/355, 504/541
• US Class Current: 206/571
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3401 Puncturing needles for the peridural or subarachnoid space or the plexus, e.g. for anaesthesia local anaesthesia A61M19/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• 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 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

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.

Claims

1. An epidural kit for quickly administering epidural anesthesia to a patient, the kit comprising:

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.

2. The kit of claim 1 wherein the packaging means comprises and outer tray with a top sheet.

3. The kit of claim 1 wherein the packaging means comprises an outer tray and a top sheet and wherein the skin-preparation package is removeably secured to an outer portion of the packaging towel where it is immediately available once the top sheet has been removed from the outer tray.

4. The kit of claim 1 wherein the packaging means comprises an outer tray and a top sheet and wherein the skin-preparation package is removeably secured to an exterior surface of the top sheet.

5. The kit of claim 1 wherein the first pre-filled syringe comprises a pre-filled syringe with a needle attached.

6. An anesthesia kit comprising:

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 located on the exterior of the packaging towel to provide for access to the skin-preparation package without requiring access to the interior of the packaging towel.

7. The kit of claim 6 further comprising a cup disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packing towel that has a removeably, sealed lid and that is filled with an injectable fluid.

8. The kit of claim 6 further comprising a cup disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packing towel that has a removeably, sealed lid and is filled with saline.

9. The kit of claim 6 wherein the plurality of syringes comprise a pre-filled syringe with a local anesthetic and a pre-filled syringe with a test dose.

10. The kit of claim 6 further comprising:

a cup disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packing towel that has a removeable, sealed lid and is filled with saline; and

wherein the plurality of syringes comprise a pre-filled syringe with a local anesthetic and a pre-filled syringe with a test dose.

11. An anesthesia kit comprising:

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 an injectable fluid and disposed within the outer tray and on the interior of the packaging towel.

12. The kit of claim 11 wherein the skin preparation package is located on the exterior of the packaging towel to provide for access to the skin-preparation package without requiring access to the interior of the packaging towel.

13. The kit of claim 11 further comprising a prefilled cup containing an injectable fluid.

14. The kit of claim 12 wherein the skin preparation package is located on the exterior of the packaging towel to provide for access to the skin-preparation package without requiring access to the interior of the packaging towel;

wherein the cup is pre-filled with saline; and

wherein the plurality of pre-filled syringes comprises a first pre-filled syringe with a local anesthetic.

15. The kit of claim 12 wherein the skin preparation package is located on the exterior of the packaging towel to provide for access to the skin-preparation package without requiring access to the interior of the packaging towel;

wherein the cup is pre-filled with saline; and

wherein the plurality of pre-filled syringes comprises a first pre-filled syringe with a local anesthetic and a second pre-filled syringe with a test dose.

16. An anesthesia kit comprising:

an outer tray having a top portion and an interior portion; and

a first pre-filled non-catheter tip syringe containing an injectable local anesthetic solution and a second syringe pre-filled with a test fluid of a different local anesthetic solution disposed within the outer tray.