'catheter' is a perfectly acceptable word in written English.
You would use it as a noun meaning a thin tube inserted into a body cavity or blood vessel for diagnosis or treatment, for example: "The doctor inserted a catheter into her arm to administer the medicine."
During her epic address, Davis was equipped with the trainers, a back brace and according to recent reports, a catheter, to help her persevere with her filibuster until the legislative session was eventually timed out and the bill, which would effectively close dozens of Texas abortion clinics, was significantly delayed.
There were pills to deal with, food to chop or liquidise and feed, incontinence pads to change, incontinence sheets to lay down and change, and eventually a catheter bag to empty, sores to wash and dress.
But I practise in a unit where women's needs and autonomy are quashed under reams of risk assessments, individual needs forms, care plans, catheter forms, cannula forms, ankle measurements and tick boxes on what leaflet was given to each woman and when.
This means that a sufferer has to have a hole drilled in his skull, and a catheter fitted.It would be easiest of all, therefore, to install the means of producing the growth factors directly on site.
The gene is contained in a genetically engineered virus and inserted directly into heart muscle via a catheter.
A team led by Hugo Guterman, a robotics expert, has built a prototype device that uses ultrasound, machine vision and a robotic needle-dispenser to make placing a central venous catheter a push-button affair.The operator lays the wireless device on a patient's arm, leg or neck and views an ultrasound image on a nearby computer screen.
In the case of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhages, a cerebral angiogram an intravenous, catheter-based procedure is the most useful test for establishing the source of the bleed.
Neurosurgical consultation is required to determine the next steps in management, which could include a catheter-based procedure, surgery, or the placement of a device to monitor the pressure inside the skull, as well as supportive medication.
Angiotech's managers reckon their company has devised a good way to apply drug coatings to all sorts of medical paraphernalia, from sutures and syringes to catheters, in order to reduce the shock to the body.
That might be possible with, for instance, smart catheters that use ultrasound to help non-specialists guide them correctly into blood vessels.
Today silver is routinely found in wound dressings and catheters to treat or prevent infections.
