Catheter tray, packaging system, instruction insert, and associated methods

• US 9,693,756 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Tomes, Jennifer E., Dickinson, Sarah
• Primary Examiner(s): MARCETICH, ADAM M
• Application Number:
  US14/165,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20140142465A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/007 for taking urine samples measuring urological functions A61B5/20; genital receptacles A61F5/451; urinals for bed-ridden persons A61G9/006
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3015 transparent
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 42/00 Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/23 with means to retain or hold surgical implements
• 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 25/00 Catheters; Hollow probes dilators A61M29/00; peritoneal catheters A61M1/285; tracheal tubes A61M16/04; for drainage A61M27/00; for uterus, vagina or rectum A61M31/00 ; for measuring or testing A61B; materials for catheters A61L29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0017 specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections
• 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

Abstract

A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701,702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (703) can be disposed within the tray. Printed instructions (1001) can be included with the tray (100). One or more layers of wrap material (2200) can be folded about the tray (100) to enclose the tray (100) and other items, such as an additional layer of wrap material (2701), packaged liquid hand sanitizer (2401), and packaged gloves (2402). When a health care services provider (3101) unfolds the wrap material, the same can be used to create a sterile field beneath a patient (3201).

Claims

1. A method of using a catheter package assembly, comprising:

obtaining a catheter package assembly comprising;

a tray having a catheter assembly disposed therein, the tray comprising a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side;

one or more layers of wrap folded about the tray so as to enclose the tray within one or more folds of the one or more layers of wrap where;

a first portion of the one or more layers of wrap is folded about the first side;

a second portion of the one or more layers of wrap is folded about the second side;

a third portion of the one or more layers of wrap is folded about the third side; and

a fourth portion of the one or more layers of wrap is folded about the fourth side;

wherein medical implements are enclosed by at least two corners of the at least one layer of wrap material; and

a sealed bag disposed about the tray and the one or more layers of wrap;

unsealing the sealed bag disposed to access the one or more layers of wrap folded about the tray;

creating a sterile field about the tray by unfolding the one or more layers of wrap, thereby revealing the tray.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an underbuttocks wrap from the catheter package assembly; and

placing the underbuttocks wrap beneath a patient.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining a package of liquid hand sanitizer from the catheter package assembly, the package of liquid hand sanitizer placed between the first portion of the one or more layers of wrap and the fourth portion of the one or more layers of wrap, and applying the package of liquid hand sanitizer.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising obtaining a package of rubber gloves from the catheter package assembly and donning rubber gloves from the package of rubber gloves.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining a fenestrated drape from the catheter package assembly and placing the fenestrated drape on the patient.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising inserting the catheter assembly into the patient.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising obtaining an instruction manual from the catheter package assembly, the instruction manual comprising:

a health care services portion comprising instructions for using the catheter assembly and corresponding medical devices on the patient; and

a patient portion, detachably coupled to the health care services portion and separated from the health care services portion by a perforation;

detaching the patient portion; and

delivering the patient portion to the patient.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising writing a health care provider'"'"'s name and contact information on the patient portion prior to the delivering the patient portion to the patient.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising

obtaining a first syringe from the tray.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising

obtaining a second syringe from the tray;

and

injecting lubricating jelly from the second syringe into the tray.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

obtaining one or more swabsticks from a third compartment of the tray; and

cleansing the patient with the one or more swab sticks prior to the inserting the catheter assembly into the patient.

12. A method of using a catheter package assembly, comprising:

unsealing a sealed bag disposed about a tray having a catheter assembly disposed therein;

accessing an instruction manual comprising a health care services portion and a patient portion detachably coupled thereto;

unfolding one or more layers of wrap to create a sterile field about the tray, the one or more layers of wrap comprising at least a first portion folded about a first side of the tray and a second portion folded about the second side of the tray;

obtaining a package of liquid hand sanitizer disposed between the first portion of the one or more layers of wrap and the second portion of the one or more layers of wrap;

obtaining the catheter assembly from the tray;

inserting the catheter assembly into a patient;

detaching the patient portion from the health care services portion; and

delivering the patient portion to the patient.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

obtaining an underbuttocks wrap from the catheter package assembly; and

placing the underbuttocks wrap beneath the patient.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

applying the package of liquid hand sanitizer; and

obtaining a package of rubber gloves from the catheter package assembly and donning rubber gloves from the package of rubber gloves;

wherein the obtaining the package of liquid hand sanitizer and the obtaining the package of rubber gloves occurs after the obtaining the underbuttocks wrap and the placing the underbuttocks wrap.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising obtaining a fenestrated drape from the catheter package assembly, the fenestrated drape visually distinguishable from the one or more layers of wrap, and placing the fenestrated drape on the patient.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

removing at least one syringe from a first compartment in the tray;

injecting lubricating jelly from the at least one syringe into the first compartment of the tray; and

passing at least a portion of the catheter assembly from a second compartment of the tray through an opening in a first barrier separating the first compartment from the second compartment, thereby passing the at least the portion of the catheter assembly through the lubricating jelly.

17. A method of using a catheter assembly, comprising:

unsealing a sealed bag disposed about a tray having a catheter assembly disposed therein;

unfolding one or more layers of wrap to create a sterile field about the tray, the one or more layers of wrap comprising at least a first portion folded about a first side of the tray and a second portion folded about the second side of the tray;

obtaining an additional layer of wrap material disposed between the first portion of the one or more layers of wrap and the second portion of the one or more layers of wrap;

removing at least one syringe from a first compartment in a tray;

injecting lubricating jelly from the at least one syringe into the first compartment of the tray; and

passing at least a portion of the catheter assembly from a second compartment of the tray through an opening in a first barrier separating the first compartment from the second compartment, thereby passing the at least the portion of the catheter assembly through the lubricating jelly.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the tray is oriented at a rotation of approximately forty-five degrees relative to the one or more layers of wrap.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

accessing an instruction manual disposed in a catheter package assembly with the tray, the instruction manual comprising a health care services portion and a patient portion detachably coupled thereto;

detaching the patient portion from the health care services portion; and

delivering the patient portion to a patient.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

obtaining an underbuttocks wrap from the catheter package assembly;

placing the underbuttocks wrap beneath the patient;

obtaining a fenestrated drape from the catheter package assembly; and

placing the fenestrated drape on the patient.