# US 11,738,171 B2 · Catheter insertion tray with integrated instructions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,738,171 B2 - Document ID: US11738171B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/943,902 - Filed: 2020-07-30 - Published: 2020-11-12 - Granted: 2023-08-29 - Earliest claimed: 2013-10-16 - Assignees: C. R. Bard, Inc. - Applicants: C. R. Bard, Inc. - Inventors: Jason I. Glithero; Scott Robirds; Adam Silver; Peter Curry; Salvatore Privitera; Robin J. Hanson; David Icenogle; Fung Bor Chen; Grace Powers; Stacey Hodges; Russell Riescher; Johnathan Johnson; Sarah Skelton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11738171B2 ## CPC - A61M 25/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor (combined with means for introducing catheters, e.g. dispensers, A61M25/0113); catheter kit packages (for surgical articles A61B50/30)} - A61B 42/00: Surgical gloves; Finger-stalls specially adapted for surgery; Devices for handling or treatment thereof - A61B 46/00: Surgical drapes - A61B 50/00: Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers (drapes specially adapted for instruments A61B46/10) - A61B 50/20: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02) - 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) - A61B 50/33: Trays - A61B 90/94: coded with symbols, e.g. text - A61M 25/0017: {specially adapted for long-term hygiene care, e.g. urethral or indwelling catheters to prevent infections} - B65D 25/205: {Means for the attachment of labels, cards, coupons or the like; (cards or coupons for the other types of rigid or semi-rigid containers B65D25/36 takes precedence)} - G09B 19/00: Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass (teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26) - A61B 2050/0056: {about a lateral axis in the lid plane} - A61B 2050/006: {perpendicular to the lid plane, e.g. by a downward movement} - A61B 2050/0088: {Zip} - A61B 2050/3007: {Stackable casings} - A61B 2050/3008: {having multiple compartments} - A61B 2050/3015: {transparent} - A61B 2050/314: {Flexible bags or pouches} - A61F 13/38: Swabs having a stick-type handle {, e.g. cotton tips} (A61M35/006 takes precedence) - A61M 5/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. packages for syringes or needles or kits for diabetics} - 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)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) - 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) ## Abstract An improved medical procedure or catheterization tray included in an improved medical procedure or catheterization package. The improved medical procedure or catheterization tray is intuitively arranged and includes instructions printed thereon to improve the medical procedure or catheterization implementation and results. In one example, a catheterization package and catheterization tray has a layout and/or arrangement of components that may help reduce CAUTI rates by facilitating ease of use and aiding in proper aseptic technique during insertion. The medical procedure or catheterization package and/or medical procedure or catheterization tray may include various implements, compartments, and components necessary and/or helpful to the medical procedure or catheterization, including, for example, improved swabs and an improved compartment for holding the swabs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A catheterization system, comprising: a catheterization tray having a length greater than a width, the catheterization tray including a procedural indicator on a surface thereof, the catheterization tray comprising: a first compartment containing a drainage system including a Foley catheter, the first compartment defined by a first compartment wall; a second compartment separated from the first compartment by the first compartment wall, the second compartment containing a lubricating component and an inflating component; and a third compartment separated from the first compartment by the first compartment wall, the third compartment including a plurality of inclined channels, each of the plurality of inclined channels including a plurality of snap-in features. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of swabs are disposed in the third compartment, each swab of the plurality of swabs including an elongated stem and an absorbent head secured to or integrated with the elongated stem, the elongated stem of each swab of the plurality of swabs secured in one of the plurality of inclined channels by the plurality of snap-in features. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The catheterization system according to claim 2, wherein a distal portion of the absorbent head is wider than a proximal portion of the absorbent head, the proximal portion being secured to or integrated with the elongated stem. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The catheterization system according to claim 2, wherein each elongated stem of each swab of the plurality of swabs has an approximately rectangular cross-sectional shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of snap-in features for each of the plurality of inclined channels extend from facing sides and are longitudinally offset. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The catheterization system according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of inclined channels includes precisely three snap-in features, wherein a first of the three snap-in features on a first side is longitudinally positioned between a second snap-in feature and a third snap-in feature on a second side. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The catheterization system according to claim 6, wherein the three snap-in features are similarly positioned on each of the plurality of inclined channels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the third compartment includes a well, and wherein each of the plurality of inclined channels is in fluid communication with the well. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the first compartment has a first length and a first width, wherein the first compartment wall has a first height, and wherein the second compartment has a second length extending along the first length, the second length longer than the first length. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The catheterization system according to claim 9, wherein the third compartment extends along the first width perpendicular to the second compartment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, further comprising a sterile wrap removably folded around the catheterization tray, the sterile wrap having a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration, the sterile wrap maintained in the folded configuration by a belly band, wherein the belly band includes orientation instructions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The catheterization system according to claim 11, wherein the belly band further comprises instructions for use of the catheterization tray. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The catheterization system according to claim 11, further comprising a packaging label disposed on top of the sterile wrap, the packaging label including at least three sides folded into a different plane from a top portion of the packaging label, wherein each of the at least three sides of the packaging label are visible to a user after packaging of the catheterization system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The catheterization system according to claim 11, wherein a pair of sterile gloves are positioned on top of the catheterization tray and are accessible after removal of the belly band and transitioning the sterile wrap from the folded configuration to the unfolded configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The catheterization system according to claim 14, wherein a packaging label is positioned over the sterile wrap in the folded configuration, the packaging label including information squares on a top surface and at least two side surfaces. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The catheterization system according to claim 15, wherein a sealed bag is positioned around the catheterization tray and the packaging label such that the at least two side surfaces are disposed orthogonal to the top surface of the packaging label, thereby providing visibility of the packaging label in multiple planes. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The catheterization system according to claim 16, further comprising a perineal care packet positioned between the sterile wrap in the folded configuration and the packaging label, wherein the perineal care packet includes one or more items in a sealed baggy. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the second compartment has a bottom surface located closer to a top of the catheterization tray than a bottom surface of the first compartment. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The catheterization system according to claim 18, wherein the lubricating component and the inflating component in the second compartment are disposed in separate syringes. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The catheterization system according to claim 19, wherein the first compartment wall includes a first reduced height portion between the first compartment and the second compartment to provide access to at least one of the separate syringes. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the catheterization tray is defined by an outer shell including an outer peripheral wall with at least one reduced height portion having an instruction printed on a surface thereof. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The catheterization system according to claim 21, wherein the at least one reduced height portion includes a first reduced height portion on the outer peripheral wall along the second compartment, and a second reduced height portion on the outer peripheral wall along the third compartment. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the drainage system includes a drainage bag, a drainage tubing, and a stabilization device. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) The catheterization system according to claim 1, wherein the procedural indicator is printed onto the surface of the catheterization tray or imprinted into the surface of the catheterization tray.