Patent ID: 6116426
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
An emergency medical kit for use by a physician and emergency medical services personnel in diagnosing and treating eye injuries comprising a compact, lightweight container having a lid and a bottom portion with a hollow interior; a plurality of hinges for attaching said lid to said bottom portion; said lid movable between a plurality of opened positions and a closed position in which said lid is positioned securely against said bottom portion so as to seal said hollow interior; a plurality of latches for securing said lid to said bottom portion in said closed position; a plurality of compartmentalized trays positioned within said hollow interior; said compartmentalized trays containing at least one sterile package of gauze, at least one sterile package containing an oval eye pad large enough to cover an eye and the area adjacent to said eye, at least one alcohol prep pad saturated with isopropyl alcohol, at lease one container of eye wash solution, at least one roll of medical adhesive tape, at least one resealable flexible bottle containing sterile lubricating eye drops, at least one flexible tube of sterile ophthalmic antibiotic ointment, at least one flexible tube of sterile ophthalmic anesthetic solution, at least one resealable flexible bottle containing a sterile ophthalmic antibiotic solution, at least one fluorescein sodium BP sterile ophthalmic strip, at least one pen-style light, a least one removable cobalt filter for attachment to said pen-style light and for use with said fluorescein ophthalmic strip for detecting eye abrasions, at least one foreign body remover, and at least one sterile cotton-tipped swab so that said emergency medical kit is easily portable and said physician and said emergency medical services personnel may easily store and have ready for emergency use said emergency medical kit to diagnose and treat eye injuries.