Surgical kit for the preparation of tamponade gas
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorsJoel Pynson, Florian David
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Abstract
A surgical kit to prepare a unit dose injection of a surgical gas. The surgical kit includes a gas pouch filled with a surgical gas, a syringe with a needle and a plunger. Optionally additional product components are included in the surgical kit depending on the surgical procedure for which the kit is prepared, such as for example a sterilizing filter, a stopcock and a suspended spike. Preferably the surgical kit may be used in ophthalmic surgical procedures to prepare a unit dose of tamponade gas to repair retinal tears.
Claims11
A surgical kit for the preparation of a unit dose injection of a surgical gas comprising:
- a syringe with a needle or cannula and a plunger;
- a gas pouch equipped with a gas barrier plug and filled to approximately atmospheric pressure with a surgical gas;
- and a non-permanently sealable packaging structure sized for containment of said syringe and said gas pouch therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.