US 12,220,286 B2
Colored closing kit
Kimberly M. Haines, Ligonier, PA (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,916.
Application 17/677,916 is a division of application No. 16/053,775, filed on Aug. 2, 2018, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/552,974, filed on Aug. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175488 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/92 (2016.01); A61B 42/10 (2016.01); A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/92 (2016.02) [A61B 50/00 (2016.02); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 42/10 (2016.02); A61B 46/00 (2016.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical method comprising:
providing a primary surgical kit comprising at least one first surgical implement for a particular surgical procedure, the at least one first surgical implement being of a first visible coding;
providing a secondary surgical kit comprising at least one second surgical implement, the at least one second surgical implement being of a second visible coding;
performing the particular surgical procedure on a patient employing the primary surgical kit;
inventorying the primary surgical kit following the performing of the particular surgical procedure;
removing the primary surgical kit from an area proximate to the patient;
performing a second surgical procedure on the patient using the secondary surgical kit; and
inventorying the secondary surgical kit following the performing of the second surgical procedure,
further comprising:
opening a master kit comprising at least one additional surgical implement outside said primary surgical kit and outside said secondary surgical kit, said opening said master kit comprising removing an outer wrap comprising a surgical drape.