BEIJING—Horizontal loops in catheter tubing can reduce flow rate by nearly two-thirds, a study has shown. Investigators analyzed water flow through Foley catheters of different diameters with or ...
Uncontrolled over-drainage of cerebral spinal fluid could lead to neurological injury or death if the disconnection is undetected. There have been 26 reported injuries. There have been no reports of ...
ExtruMed LLC (Placentia, CA) has acquired catheter balloon, shaft, and multi-lumen tubing extruder Innovative Extrusions LLC (Livermore, CA), saying the deal expands its capabilities and presence in ...
An extrusion mandrel for manufacturing and forming catheter tubing provides a smooth, slippery surface, enabling fast production. The PTFE natural extrusion mandrel is biocompatible and features a ...
Improving the design of a device such as a high-performance catheter must start with the components—from tubing to luers to final assembly. Ron Roth and Alvin Coats Figure 1. Critical elements of the ...
Zeus Industrial Products’ StreamLiner™ series offers the thinnest PTFE catheter lining yet, making use of the latest advancements in extruded tubing to enable revolutionary catheter design. The ...
Dublin, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Tubing Market by Material (Plastics, Rubbers, Specialty Polymers), Application (Bulk Disposable Tubing, Catheters & Cannulas, Drug Delivery ...
Putnam Plastics (Dayville, CT) is introducing clear polyimide tubing for medical applications that require visual monitoring, UV transparency or imaging transmission. Unlike traditional dark, amber ...
Medtronic is recalling more than 45,000 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage and sampling tubes from the U.S. over an issue linked to 26 injuries. The Food and Drug Administration, which published ...
The Zeus Sub-Lite-Wall ® tubing belongs to the Zeus family of thin-walled extrusions with wall thicknesses of 0.005" (0.127 mm) and below. At present, the company has taken this technology even ...
Catheters play an essential role in modern medicine, serving as vital tools for diagnosing and treating various medical conditions. In the pursuit of more precise and accurate measurements of ...
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention (and ingenuity is the child), but this creation is much more than that. It was born out of a son’s love for his father who has a malfunctioning ...