Flexible medical supplies packaging for convenience kits
View Patent ↗A sterile, compact packaging is provided to present components in order of preferred or required use in a medical procedure. Pockets are arranged along one or more endsections of the packaging, and an absorbent material is at least partially adhered to the moisture proof sheet at a workspace thereon. Components are placed in the pockets in order of use, and the packaging is folded up. The folded packaging is sealed in a gas-permeable pouch, which maintains the components in a sterile condition until use. In use, the packaging is unfolded to expose the medical components.
1. A kit for a medical procedure, the kit comprising:
a plurality of medical supplies, and
a packaging comprising:
a flexible sheet having a moisture proof exterior, the sheet having a generally rectangular configuration defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, having edges, at least one endsection, and a workspace,
the sheet further having a plurality of pockets arranged on an endsection of said sheet, the pockets formed by folding an edge of the sheet back onto the sheet, and being adhered to the said sheet along seam lines to define pocket perimeters, so that said pockets are individually sized to permit insertion and retain one or more of the medical supplies, and
the sheet having an absorbent cloth, substantially covering the sheet at the workspace of the sheet,
wherein the packaging is folded up first to the transverse axis, then along the transverse axis, and then along the longitudinal axis; and
wherein the plurality of medical supplies are disposed in the pockets of the packaging, in order of use.
2. The kit of claim 1 , further comprising a sealable pouch disposed over the folded packaging.