US 11,937,955 B1
Catheterization packages and methods thereof
Tracey E. Knapp, Snellville, GA (US); Eric A. Rehm, Lawrenceville, GA (US); Nick Austerman, Atlanta, GA (US); Sarah Skelton, Atlanta, GA (US); Caroline Bunn, Atlanta, GA (US); Robert M. Hine, Covington, GA (US); and Brandt Davis, Milford, OH (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,288.
Application 17/982,288 is a division of application No. 16/639,059, granted, now 11,490,983, issued on Nov. 8, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2019/028784, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/662,095, filed on Apr. 24, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/02 (2006.01); B65B 5/08 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/33 (2016.02) [A61M 25/002 (2013.01); B29D 22/003 (2013.01); B65B 5/02 (2013.01); B65B 5/08 (2013.01); B65D 77/20 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3008 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intermittent catheter package, comprising:
a plurality of components, including a urinary catheter fluidly connected to a urine-drainage bag, and a sampling-port access device; and
a catheterization tray, comprising:
a first compartment configured to hold the urinary catheter;
a second compartment connected to the first compartment by an intercompartment connection, the second compartment configured to hold the urine-drainage bag;
a third compartment configured to hold the sampling-port access device;
a fourth compartment substantially surrounded by the first compartment configured to a hold a container containing a lubricant, the fourth compartment including a well shared with the first compartment, the well configured to hold the lubricant dispensed from the container containing the lubricant; and
step-by-step instructions for a catheterization procedure incorporated into the catheterization tray by embossing, printing, or a combination thereof, at least a portion of the step-by-step instructions for the catheterization procedure configured to be revealed as the plurality of components are removed from the catheterization tray.