What is a microcatheter?
A microcatheter can be used for surgical
procedures. Durable
microcatheters are used to infuse medication into the
body, whether it is insulin or something else. Catheters can be modified for a
variety of purposes such as for use with the heart or the circulation system.
These catheters are a type of tube that is inserted into various parts of the
body. The durable microcatheter is left inside the body is a flexible tube that
does not actually leave a sensation of pain in the location it has been
inserted.
Types of Microcatheters
When you are using durable microcatheters,
it would seem that the urinary catheter is the most common one. The urinary
catheter is designed to drain urine from inside the skin. Other catheters can
be used to drain fluid from an abdominal abscess for example. There are many
different types of durable microcatheter used various purposes. An embryo
transfer, for example, is designed to insert fertilized embryos from
pre-fertilized eggs using in-vitro fertilization into the uterus. Some catheter
types are used to deliver anesthesia or breathable oxygen.
Other Uses for Microcatheters
microcatheters are used as an umbilical
line when a child is born prematurely. The neonatal intensive care unit needs
to provide quick access to the central circulation of premature infants. There
are ways of attaching catheters to other devices, most often used with a
Tuohy-Borst adapter medical device. An intrauterine catheter comes from a
device called a “tomcat” where washed sperm is inserted directly into the
uterus, used in artificial insemination. Urinary catheters are used to drain
the bladder in cases of urinary incontinence. The catheter is inserted into the
urethra in either men or women. Women have to worry about pulling apart the
labia while pushing the catheter three inches into the urethra until the urine
comes out.
Urinary Catheters
Urinary retention involves not being
able to empty your bladder when you need to, although surgery on the prostate
is occasionally warranted which causes a need to use a catheter. There are
various health problems that make it hard to urinate and these are multiple
sclerosis, spinal cord injury, or dementia. 3 main types of catheters are the
indwelling catheter, the condom catheter, and the intermittent self-catheter.
Indwelling catheters are simply tubes left inside the bladder, which collects
urine into a bag. The bag has a valve that makes urine flow into the bag.
Condom catheters get placed onto the penis, hence the term "condom."
Urinary catheters are inserted into the urethra, with the bag secured into your
leg. The urethra is a tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside
of the body, allowing it to be captured into a bag. These sorts of catheters
have a small balloon inflated at the end of it.
Other catheters for blood pressure can
be used to improve coronary blood flow. Catheters for blood pressure can be
delivered to peripheral vessels, like the carotid and femoral arteries that are
used in routine monitoring. Catheters have a variety of uses in modern times
because they are instrumental in helping to treat various chronic illnesses.
Catheters do play a huge role in saving people’s lives.
