Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9808400-B2
Application number	US-201414265909-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2014
Priority date	Jun 3, 2009
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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

Assignees

• Medline Ind Inc

Inventors

• Tomes Jennifer E
• Adler Deborah B
• Maze Jack E
• Savage Alberto C
• Chua Kenneth S
• Wilson Earl D
• Kutsch John Henry

Classifications

• A61B42/00

  Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof · CPC title

• A61B50/33

  Trays · CPC title

• A61B2050/3008

  having multiple compartments · CPC title

• A61M25/002

  Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30) · CPC title

• A61M25/00 Primary

  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 title