Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical kit and associated systems and methods for preventing central line associated blood stream infection
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Application No.: US17066097Application Date: 2020-10-08
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Publication No.: US11272997B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Michael Turturro , Mike Stankiewicz , Barbara Connell , Mika Hulliberger
- Applicant: Medline Industries, LP
- Applicant Address: US IL Northfield
- Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
- Current Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Northfield
- Agent Philip H. Burrus, IV
- Main IPC: A61B50/30
- IPC: A61B50/30 ; A61B46/10 ; B65D65/02 ; B65D75/58 ; A61B50/00

Abstract:
A medical kit 100 includes a drape 1323. A plurality of pockets (1302,1303,1304,1305, 1306,1307) are disposed along a bottom edge of the drape 1323 in a linear, side-by-side arrangement. A plurality of medical implements (1310,1311,1312,1313,1314,1315) are stowed in the plurality of pockets on a one-to-one basis. Medical indicia (1316,1317,1318,1319,1320,1321) is disposed along each pocket. The medical indicia can include one or more educational prompts that instruct medical personnel how to use a particular medical implement disposed in a pocket to complete a central catheter dressing change.
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