Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods

• US 9,808,400 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Tomes, Jennifer E., Adler, Deborah B., Maze, Jack E., Savage, Alberto C., Chua, Kenneth S., Wilson, Earl D., Kutsch, John Henry
• Primary Examiner(s): Poon, Robert
• Application Number:
  US14/265,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20140231287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 206570-572, 206363-366, 206370, 206561, 206563, 206557, 220505, 220555
• 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 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: A61J 1/00 Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00
• 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 25/002 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. A first barrier (105) and second barrier (106) separate the compartments. The barriers can have openings (121,122) therein to accommodate large syringes or to enable the first compartment (101) to be used as a lubricant applicator for the catheter. The first compartment (101) can include a stair-stepped contour (115) such that the syringes are held at different depths to facilitate ease of use. The various devices can be disposed within the tray (100) in accordance with their order of use in the catheterization procedure.

Claims

1. A kit, comprising:

a single level tray defining at least a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment bounded by a first compartment base member of the single level tray, the second compartment bounded by a second compartment base member of the single level tray, the single level tray including a barrier separating the first compartment from the second compartment, the barrier defining an opening;

a first syringe containing an inflation fluid, the first syringe disposed within the first compartment of the single level tray;

a second syringe containing a lubricant, the second syringe disposed within the single level tray, the first syringe and the second syringe configured for use during a catheterization procedure;

an indwelling catheter; and

a coiled tube coupling the indwelling catheter to a fluid receptacle, the indwelling catheter, the coiled tube, and the fluid receptacle disposed within the second compartment of the single level tray with the coiled tube being outside of the fluid receptacle, the opening of the barrier sized to receive a portion of the indwelling catheter when the indwelling catheter is passed from the second compartment into the first compartment to lubricate the indwelling catheter.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein:

the first syringe and the second syringe are both within the first compartment; and

the single level tray defines a third compartment configured to accommodate at least one of a specimen container or a skin cleanser.

3. The kit of claim 1, wherein the second compartment base member and the first compartment base member are substantially coplanar.

4. The kit of claim 1, wherein the opening is bounded by an opening base member and two inclined opening side members.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein each of the first compartment and the second compartment are accessible through a top opening defined by the single level tray, the top opening opposite the second compartment base member.

6. The kit of claim 1, wherein:

the indwelling catheter includes an inflatable portion configured to receive the inflation fluid from the first syringe to maintain the indwelling catheter within a patient.

7. The kit of claim 6, wherein each of the first syringe and the second syringe is contained within the single level tray at different depths within the single level tray.

8. The kit of claim 6, wherein the first compartment contains the first syringe at a shallower depth within the single level tray than the second syringe.

9. The kit of claim 1, further comprising printed instructions packaged with the single level tray, the printed instructions directing a user to discharge the lubricant from the second syringe into the first compartment.

10. The kit of claim 9, wherein the printed instructions further direct the user to pass at least a portion of the indwelling catheter into the first compartment, and through the lubricant discharged from the second syringe into the first compartment.

11. The kit of claim 1, wherein the single level tray defines a top opening through which the first compartment and the second compartment can be accessed, the kit further comprising:

a sterile wrap disposed about the single level tray covering at least the top opening.

12. The kit of claim 11, wherein when the sterile wrap is unwrapped from about the top opening such that at least the first syringe, the second syringe, and the indwelling catheter are revealed.

13. A kit, comprising:

a single level tray including a first compartment base member and a second compartment base member, the single level tray defining a first compartment and a second compartment, the first compartment base member forming a portion of a boundary of the first compartment, the second compartment base member forming a portion of a boundary of the second compartment, the single level tray including a barrier separating the first compartment from the second compartment;

a first syringe disposed within the first compartment of the single level tray, the first syringe containing an inflation fluid;

a second syringe disposed within the single level tray, the second syringe containing a lubricant; and

a catheter assembly including a coiled tube coupling an indwelling catheter to a fluid receptacle, the indwelling catheter including an inflatable portion configured to receive the inflation fluid from the first syringe to maintain the indwelling catheter within a patient, the fluid receptacle including an anti-reflux device, an end of the coiled tube coupled to the anti-reflux device, the coiled tube and the fluid receptacle disposed within the second compartment of the single level tray with at least a portion of the coiled tube being outside of the fluid receptacle and such that the fluid receptacle is between the second compartment base member and the coiled tube.

14. The kit of claim 13, wherein the coiled tube and the fluid receptacle are disposed within the second compartment of the single level tray with at least a portion of the fluid receptacle being beneath the coiled tube.

15. The kit of claim 13, wherein the barrier extends a length of the first compartment and defines an opening to receive a portion of the catheter assembly when a tip of the indwelling catheter is placed from the second compartment into the first compartment to lubricate the indwelling catheter.

16. The kit of claim 13, wherein the single level tray defines a top opening through which the first compartment and the second compartment can be accessed, the kit further comprising:

a sterile wrap disposed about the single level tray covering at least the top opening.

17. The kit of claim 16, wherein when the sterile wrap is unwrapped from about the top opening at least the first syringe, the second syringe, and the indwelling catheter are revealed.

18. A kit, comprising:

a single level tray defining a first compartment and a second compartment, the single level tray including a barrier separating the first compartment from the second compartment, the barrier extending a length of the first compartment and defining an opening;

a first syringe disposed within the first compartment of the single level tray, the first syringe containing an inflation fluid;

a second syringe disposed within the single level tray, the second syringe containing a lubricant; and

a catheter assembly including a coiled tube coupling an indwelling catheter to a fluid receptacle, the indwelling catheter including an inflatable portion configured to receive the inflation fluid from the first syringe to maintain the indwelling catheter within a patient, the coiled tube and the fluid receptacle disposed within the second compartment of the single level tray with at least a portion of the coiled tube being outside of the fluid receptacle, the opening defined by the barrier sized to receive a portion of the catheter assembly when a tip of the indwelling catheter is placed from the second compartment into the first compartment to lubricate the indwelling catheter.

19. The kit of claim 18, wherein the fluid receptacle includes an anti-reflux device, an end of the coiled tube coupled to the anti-reflux device.

20. The kit of claim 19, wherein:

the single level tray includes a first compartment base member and a second compartment base member, the first compartment base member forming a portion of a boundary of the first compartment, the second compartment base member forming a portion of a boundary of the second compartment; and

the coiled tube and the fluid receptacle are disposed within the second compartment of the single level tray such that the fluid receptacle is between the second compartment base member and the coiled tube.

21. The kit of claim 18, wherein the single level tray defines a top opening through which the first compartment and the second compartment can be accessed, the kit further comprising:

a sterile wrap disposed about the single level tray covering at least the top opening.

22. The kit of claim 21, wherein when the sterile wrap is unwrapped from about the top opening at least the first syringe, the second syringe, and the indwelling catheter are revealed.