Catheter Tray, Packaging System, and Associated Methods

• US 20160166800A1
• Filed: 02/24/2016
• Published: 06/16/2016
• 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., Chua, Kenneth S.
• Granted Patent: US 10,512,752 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2207/10 Device therefor
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 27/00 Drainage appliance for wounds or the like , i.e. wound drains, implanted drains negative pressure wound therapy devices A61M1/90; implements for holding wound open A61B17/02 ; middle ear drainage A61F11/202

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). When a CSR wrap (1000) is disposed about the tray (100), the printed instructions can be placed atop the CSR wrap (1000) but beneath an outer sterile wrap (1002). The printed instructions (1001) can include a patient portion (1202) that is detachably coupled to a health care services portion (1201) such that it can be taken home with the patient after the procedure.

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;

one or more layers of wrap folded about the tray so as to enclose the tray within the one or more layers of wrap; 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 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 a first compartment of the tray; and

forming a test balloon in the catheter assembly by injecting water from the first syringe into the catheter assembly.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

obtaining a second syringe from the first compartment of the tray;

injecting lubricating jelly from the second 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 prior to the inserting the catheter assembly into the patient.

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 swabsticks 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;

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:

obtaining a package of liquid hand sanitizer from the catheter package assembly and 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 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:

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, further comprising unfolding one or more layers of wrap to create a sterile field about the tray prior to the removing the at least one syringe.

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 19, 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.