Developing alternative devices to the long-term urinary catheter for draining urine from the bladder

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-303

  Feneley, R C L ^a   Parkin, J ^a   Scanlan, J ^b   Woolley, M ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Long term catheterization of the bladder; New product design; Suprapubic urethral catheters

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; CATHETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSIS;

BLADDER; BLADDER CONTROL; BLOCKAGE; URINARY CATHETER; URINE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CATHETERS;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SANITATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TOILET FACILITIES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; LONG-TERM CATHETERIZATION OF THE BLADDER; NEW PRODUCT DESIGN; NOVEL DEVICES; PRODUCTION PROBLEMS; ROUTINE METHOD; URINARY CATHETERS; URINE COLLECTION;

EID: 0042381870     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441103322060758     Document Type: Article

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