A urinary catheter is a hollow, partially flexible tube that collects urine from the bladder and leads to a drainage bag. They come in many sizes and types. Catheters may be necessary in cases when ...

There are many different types of catheters including those used to transport various small instruments or repair devices to a particular site in the body. Some catheters have small built-in tools so ...

A common observation about hospital patients is that they’re connected to a lot of “tubes.” Those “tubes” are catheters, used to allow drainage or administration of fluid to the patient, and they play ...