Prefilled catheter tip syringe kit

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It has not been discovered that an improved medical procedure may be employed for the irrigation of catheters with a sterile solution.
The invention comprises a device which may be used as an irrigation kit for catheter irrigation.
The device includes a prefilled piston syringe containing sufficient fluid for a unitary catheter irrigation.
The syringe includes a catheter tip which is sized to operably connect to a conventional catheter tube.
A cap is placed on the tip and is removably mounted to selectively prevent escape of fluid from the syringe once it has been filled.
The kit further includes a disposable pouch which encloses the filled syringe so that the syringe and pouch may be sterilized and maintained in that sterile condition until it is needed for use.
The sterilized pouch is contained in a sealed rigid container and may further include sterilized gauze and an application pad.
The syringe will contain from about 45 cc to about 75 cc of irrigation fluid.
Typical irrigation fluids are sterile water, normal saline solutions and dilute aqueous acid solutions.
Saline solutions normally contain less than about 1% sodium chloride and typically contains 0.
9% sodium chloride.
Dilute aqueous acid solutions are normally made up of about 0.
25% of acetic acid.
The kit, whether or not included in a container, has been sterilized in order to provide irrigation treatment without concern for contamination of the patient.
A preferred method for sterilizing the filled syringe enclosed in the disposable pouch is to use a gamma radiation source for sterilization.