Epidural anesthesia kit
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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.
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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.
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1. An epidural kit for quickly administering epidural anesthesia to a patient, the kit comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An anesthesia kit comprising:
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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.
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