Before jumping onto any kind of information on Catheter Manufacturers, lets first get to know what a Catheter is and what is its use. In a general medical language, a Catheter is a thin tube which is made of medically approved grade materials. A catheter comes in use for various purposes. Catheters are mostly tailor-made for Cardiovascular, Urological, gastrointestinal, neurovascular and Ophthalmic purposes.

Materials

Catheters are usually made of silicone, nylon, polyurethane, polyethylene terephthalate, latex and thermoplastic elastomers. Silicone is the most widely used material for Catheters. Each material comes with its pros and cons, so different material is often used for catheter manufacturing based on their usage.

Uses

Catheters can be used for various reasons, of which some can be as follows: –

  • Urinary Catheter is mostly used for draining urine from the urinary bladder, or it can also be used to drain urine from the kidney, through the skin.
  • Used to drain the abdominal abscess.
  • Pigtail Catheters are used to drain air from and around the lungs.
  • Used for the administration of intravenous fluids, medicine or liquid nutrition using a venous tube or catheter, also used for giving anesthesia.
  • They of utmost use in angioplasty, angiography, balloon septostomy, sinuplasty, ablation and the list are endless.
  • Measure blood pressure directly through the vein or an artery or intracranial pressure.
  • They are also used for administering Oxygen or Volatile anesthesia or other gases in the lungs using a tracheal Catheter
  • Administration of subcutaneous Insulin
  • Measuring the pressure of the heart
  • Used to insert the fertilized embryo from in-vitro, Intrauterine catheter is used in artificial insemination.
  • Umbilical line catheter is used in premature infants.

Finding the right Catheter

Finding the right catheter is very essential in order to make sure that your bladder is emptied in a safe and efficient way with the minimalistic level of trouble. While choosing a catheter the major concerns are the lifestyle and special needs. For Example, the Men’s liberty starter bundle is very effective and often chosen by men.

The right choice of catheter is very challenging especially when it comes to pediatric patients. Pediatric catheters need to be inserted for the pediatric patient at the right time to enable the necessary treatment.

When you are looking for a catheter you want it to be discreet and convenient

  • Safety and ease of use.
  • Should be convenient and ready to use in a jiffy.
  • Whether it fits you and your lifestyle.
  • Minimal risk of urethral damage.
  • Non-medical design – keeping the matter really up to you, rather than having to go public.
  • Hygienic.

Design and Development

When one is looking for catheter development and the commercialization, we need to have a concept based on the requirement of the end product. Designing a catheter is not just manufacturing a simple tube or a canula, it has to meet the specific requirements. Plenty of accidents have occurred with the tip of catheter being broken while in use and then a surgical process needs to be done to remove the pieces. One has to be really careful while designing and developing a specific catheter

Technology

The technology behind the design of a catheter is to have a surgical instrument or a device which can repair sutures or holes in the heart or tissue defects or other such anomalies, using very soft structures that can have minimalize the need for sutures or any surgical procedures. Researchers are trying to develop more advanced technologies which can offer sustainable long-lasting answers for some very serious organ defects like the hole in the heart.

Conduit Products

Most catheter manufacturers develop a range of catheter design and technologies and also various features and specifications for a custom-built catheter for a specific need. Conduit or platform products save you time and cost involved in the development of the product.

Assembly

Mostly all manufacturers have a turnkey assembly service at their development units for complete catheter set.  Most catheters assembly are designed for single-use and it is of prime importance and expertise.

Catheter Patency

While using a catheter, many times one comes across blockage which could be due to a mechanical dysfunction or occlusion of its lumen, mostly by encrustation from sterile acidic turning alkaline because of the microbes making a film on the canula. For such issues, Catheter patency solutions are the best options which overcome the mechanical blockage.

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