US 12,290,645 B2
Catheter insertion-tray systems and methods thereof
John Gohde, Decatur, GA (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/536,972.
Application 18/536,972 is a continuation of application No. 16/497,770, granted, now 11,896,778, previously published as PCT/US2018/025260, filed on Mar. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/479,687, filed on Mar. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108857 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 42/10 (2016.01); A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/23 (2016.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0111 (2013.01) [A61B 42/10 (2016.02); A61B 46/23 (2016.02); A61B 46/30 (2016.02); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 25/002 (2013.01); A61B 2046/234 (2016.02); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1085 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A catheterization tray, comprising:
a first side structured as a sterile side of the catheterization tray for a first person performing sterile steps of a catheterization procedure in a sterile field, the first side including first contents in accordance with a sterile work path;
a second side structured as a non-sterile side of the catheterization tray for either the first person or a second person performing non-sterile steps of the catheterization procedure outside the sterile field, the second side of the catheterization tray including second contents in accordance with a non-sterile work path; and
a partition separating the first side of the catheterization tray from the second side of the catheterization tray, the partition extending lengthwise from one end of the catheterization tray to an opposite end of the catheterization tray, the partition configured to maintain sterility of the first side of the catheterization tray.
 
10. A method of using a catheterization package, comprising:
unwrapping the catheterization package to reveal a catheterization tray, the catheterization tray comprising:
a first side structured as a sterile side of the catheterization tray for a first person performing sterile steps of a catheterization procedure in a sterile field, the first side including first contents in accordance with a sterile work path;
a second side structured as a non-sterile side of the catheterization tray for either the first person or a second person performing non-sterile steps of the catheterization procedure outside the sterile field, the second side of the catheterization tray including second contents in accordance with a non-sterile work path; and
a partition separating the first side of the catheterization tray from the second side of the catheterization tray, the partition extending lengthwise from one end of the catheterization tray to an opposite end of the catheterization tray, the partition configured to maintain sterility of the first side of the catheterization tray;
removing an underpad and a fenestrated drape from the second side of the catheterization tray; and
removing a drainage system including a urinary catheter, drainage tubing, and a drainage bag from the first side of the catheterization tray.
 
14. A method for manufacturing a catheterization package, comprising:
molding a catheterization tray for the catheterization package, the catheterization tray comprising:
a first side structured as a sterile side of the catheterization tray for a first person performing sterile steps of a catheterization procedure in a sterile field, the first side including first contents in accordance with a sterile work path;
a second side structured as a non-sterile side of the catheterization tray for either the first person or a second person performing non-sterile steps of the catheterization procedure outside the sterile field, the second side of the catheterization tray including second contents in accordance with a non-sterile work path; and
a partition separating the first side of the catheterization tray from the second side of the catheterization tray, the partition extending lengthwise from one end of the catheterization tray to an opposite end of the catheterization tray, the partition configured to maintain sterility of the first side of the catheterization tray;
disposing contents for the catheterization procedure in the catheterization tray for removal therefrom by one or two clinicians during the catheterization procedure in accordance with the sterile work path and the non-sterile work path; and
sterilizing the catheterization package.