Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

O&m Halyard, Inc.

Avent, Inc.

O&m Halyard International Unlimited Company

Joe Cesa

Michael Z Sleva

Brian Joseph Cuevas

Khoa Tuan Lien

Anthony Stephen Spencer

Audra Stefanik Wright

Ajay Yashvantrao Houde

Wendy Marie Takken

Marjory J Greenhalgh

Paige O'Shea

Javier Verdura

Sam C Chan

Alan Grady Shuman

Jennifer Sturm

Tamika Wiggins

Wendy Takken

Audra Wright

Paige O'shea

Alan Shuman

Marjory Greenhalgh

A sterilization wrap system with features for protecting a sterilization wrap and/or a sterilization tray of the sterilization wrap system is provided. Such features include strap or belt protectors, edge protectors, corner protectors, and/or expandable protectors, which each may provide protection of one or more areas of the sterilization wrap and/or tray when positioned against an outer surface of the wrap and/or between an inner surface of the wrap and a container for holding implements to be sterilized. A size-selectable protection system also is provided. The size-selectable protection system provides a material having a plurality of perforations such that a length of the material may be selected and detached from the rest of the material. The selected length of material may be used with a sterilization wrap system to protect a sterilization wrap and/or sterilization tray from cuts, tears, or the like.

Sterilization tray protection mechanisms

There is provided a method for performing a tracheotomy. In this method a tracheostomy dilator has a body and a tip which are detachably attached. The tip has a proximal inner portion which is within the body while the tip is attached to the body. The dilator is inserted into the trachea and used to dilate an opening. After the trachea has been dilated, the body may be detached and removed from the tip, the tip remaining partially in the trachea. A dilator loading catheter installed within a tracheostomy tube may be mated with the tip and the tip, loading catheter and tracheostomy tube moved into the trachea. After the tracheostomy tube is installed, the tip and loading catheter may be withdrawn through the tracheostomy tube and the tracheostomy tube placed in service.

Method of performing a tracheostomy

An oral care kit for a defined oral care treatment cycle is provided herein. The oral care kit utilizes a substantially rectangular box having oral care packs positioned therein. The oral care packs contain oral care devices useful for administering oral care treatment during a 24 hour oral care treatment cycle.

Oral care Q2 kits

Dilator handle

Butterfly flange

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Cumming, GA, United States of America

Joe Cesa