US 9,283,352 C1 (13,143rd)
Catheter tray, packaging system, and associated methods
Jennifer E. Tomes, Mundelein, IL (US); Deborah B. Adler, New York, NY (US); and Jack E. Maze, Long Grove, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, Inc., Mundelein, IL (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,601, Jul. 26, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,283,352, issued Mar. 15, 2016, Appl. No. 14/718,792, May 21, 2015.
Application 90/019,601 is a continuation of application No. 12/647,515, filed on Dec. 27, 2009, abandoned.
Application 90/019,601 is a continuation of application No. 14/265,909, filed on Apr. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,808,400.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jan. 20, 2026.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61B 42/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01)
CPC A61M 25/002 (2013.01) [A61B 50/30 (2016.02); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61M 27/00 (2013.01); A61B 42/00 (2016.02); A61B 46/00 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3008 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3015 (2016.02); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); A61M 2207/10 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-6, 8 and 10 are cancelled.
Claims 7, 9 and 11-16 were not reexamined.
1. A catheterization procedure system to accommodate a catheter, a fluid bag, and one or more medical devices, comprising:
a single level tray comprising a contoured surface defining at least two compartments separated by a wall, the at least two compartments comprising a first compartment and a second compartment;
a first syringe and a second syringe; and
the catheter and the fluid bag, the catheter attached to the fluid bag;
wherein:
the first syringe and the second syringe are disposed within the first compartment;
one of the first syringe or the second syringe is for use in a catheterization procedure before another of the first syringe or the second syringe and the first syringe and the second syringe are ordered within the first compartment in accordance with their use during the catheterization procedure;
the catheter and the fluid bag are disposed within the second compartment; and
the first compartment defines a lubricating jelly application compartment to receive lubricating jelly from the one of the first syringe or the second syringe to lubricate the catheter when the catheter is passed from the second compartment into the first compartment;
the first compartment is further bounded by a first compartment base member and at least a first portion of a perimeter wall;
the second compartment is further bounded by a second compartment base member and at least a second portion of the perimeter wall;
the perimeter wall terminates at a horizontal flange; and
the perimeter wall extends from at least a portion of the first compartment base member to the horizontal flange by a height that is greater than or equal to half of another height that the perimeter wall extends from the second compartment base member to the horizontal flange.