# US 10,117,718 B2 · Skin tear kit, instructional labeling system, and methods therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,117,718 B2 - Document ID: US10117718B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/206,972 - Filed: 2016-07-11 - Published: 2018-01-11 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-11 - Assignees: Medline Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Medline Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Deanna Lundstrom; Rita Graham - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117718B2 ## CPC - A61B 50/30: Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40) - A61F 13/0206: with absorbent fibrous layers, e.g. woven or non-woven absorbent pads or island dressings - A61F 15/001: {Packages or dispensers for bandages, cotton balls, drapes, dressings, gauze, gowns, sheets, sponges, swabsticks or towels (A61F15/007 takes precedence)} - A61F 17/00: First-aid kits - A61M 35/003: {Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media (hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003)} - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) - G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer - A61B 2050/002: {having adhesive means, e.g. an adhesive strip} - A61B 2050/0065: {Peelable cover} - A61B 2050/314: {Flexible bags or pouches} - G09F 2003/0241: {Repositionable or pressure sensitive adhesive} - G09F 2003/0272: {Labels for containers} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A medical kit (100) includes a package (105) having a housing (501) and a lid (103). One or more medical implements (1001,1101,1201,1301) for treating a skin tear wound are arranged in a stacked configuration within the package. An instructional labeling system (106) is coupled to the lid. The instructional labeling system can include an identification (107) of a skin tear type the one or more medical implements are designed to treat, a description (108) of the skin tear type, printed instructions (110) defining one or more steps (111,112,113,114) instructing when to use each medical implement within the package to treat the skin tear wound, and one or more removable adhesive labels (115,116). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medical assembly, comprising: a package comprising a housing and a peelable lid having a major face; and one or more medical implements for treating a wound, arranged in a stacked configuration within the package; and an instructional labeling system coupled to the peelable lid, the instructional labeling system comprising: an identification of a wound type the one or more medical implements are designed to treat; a description of the wound type; printed instructions defining one or more steps instructing when to use each medical implement within the package to treat the wound; and one or more removable adhesive labels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the printed instructions comprising one or more of pictures or illustrations showing visually how to perform the one or more steps. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The medical assembly of claim 2, the printed instructions indicating that the one or more medical implements are disposed within the package in an order corresponding to use during a wound treatment procedure prescribed by the printed instructions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the one or more removable adhesive labels comprising a first removable adhesive label and a second removable adhesive label. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The medical assembly of claim 4, the first removable adhesive label comprising a wound care record adhesive label, the second removable adhesive label comprising an inventory management adhesive label. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the wound comprising a skin tear, the skin tear comprising one of a Type 1 skin tear, a Type 2 skin tear, or a Type 3 skin tear. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The medical assembly of claim 6, the skin tear comprising the Type 2 skin tear, the description of the Type 2 skin tear comprising a notation regarding whether the skin tear would has drainage. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The medical assembly of claim 6, the identification comprising an indication of an amount of flap loss associated with the skin tear. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the wound type disposed along a banner. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The medical assembly of claim 9, the banner color coded to provide an identification of the wound type. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the identification comprising a descriptor of at least one of the one or more medical implements. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The medical assembly of claim 1, the one or more medical implements comprising: gauze; liquid skin protectant; one or more cotton tip applicators; a wound dressing comprising chitosan; and a foam wound dressing having a silicone adhesive border. ### Claim 13 A system comprising: a plurality of medical kits, each medical kit comprising implements to treat a common wound type, wherein a first medical kit comprises first implements to treat a first level of the common wound type and a second medical kit comprises second implements to treat a second level of the common wound type; wherein each medical kit comprises an instructional labeling system coupled to an exterior of the each medical kit, the instructional labeling system comprising: an identification of a level of the common wound type the implements are designed to treat; a description of the level of the common wound type; printed instructions defining one or more steps instructing when to use each implement within the each medical kit to treat the level of the common wound type; and one or more removable adhesive labels. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, the one or more removable adhesive labels comprising a wound care record adhesive label, the second removable adhesive label comprising an inventory management adhesive label. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, the common wound type comprising one of a skin tear, a pressure ulcer, a skin abrasion, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, the common wound type disposed along a banner of the instructional labeling system, wherein the banner is color coded to provide an identification of a level of the common wound type. ### Claim 17 A medical assembly, comprising: a package comprising a housing and lid; and one or more medical implements for treating a skin tear wound, arranged in a stacked configuration within the package; and an instructional labeling system coupled to the lid, the instructional labeling system comprising: an identification of a skin tear type the one or more medical implements are designed to treat; an indicator badge to identify the skin tear type; a description of the skin tear type; a pictorial image of the skin tear type; printed instructions defining one or more steps instructing when to use each medical implement within the package to treat the skin tear wound; and one or more removable adhesive labels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The medical assembly of claim 17, further comprising a translation of the printed instructions. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The medical assembly of claim 17, the indicator badge color coded to provide an identification of the skin tear type. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The medical assembly of claim 17, the one or more medical implements comprising gauze, comprising liquid skin protectant, one or more cotton tip applicators, a wound dressing comprising chitosan, and a foam wound dressing having a silicone adhesive border.