Tag: Catheters
Researchers Develop New Coating To Reduce Pain And Risk Of Infection For Catheter Users
Researchers from the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s have developed a new antimicrobial coating which can be applied to urinary catheters and other medical...
Living with a Spinal Cord Injury: Bladder Management
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A spinal cord injury can affect nearly every bodily function. Changes in bladder habits are also common as the injury blocks messages coming to...
Neuroscientists restore significant bladder control to 5 men with spinal cord injuries
In UCLA study, magnetic stimulation of lower spine eliminates need for catheter for up to 4 weeks
More than 80 percent of the 250,000 Americans...
New Health Videos Featured on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation YouTube Channel
SHORT HILLS, N.J., June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving quality of life for people...
Doctor re-examines evidence on UTIs in patients with spinal cord injury
People with spinal cord injuries rely on catheters to empty their bladder. When a well-respected publication concluded that catheters could be reused without an...
The award-winning device that tells you when you need to pee
When you need to go, you need to go – unless you’re the type of person who has a hard time telling. Jihee Junn...
What is a spinal cord injury?
A spinal cord injury means that the spinal cord of a person is damaged and the person cannot do things that they otherwise would...
User-Friendly Urinary Catheter Designed by Quadriplegic Gets FDA Clearance
Adapta Medical, Inc. to Expand Catheter Product Line
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Oct. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Adapta Medical, Inc. has received FDA market release for...
The Connected Catheter by Spinal Singularity
The world's first semi-permanent, minimally invasive, smart catheter system for Neurogenic Bladder.
After Derek Herrera was paralyzed by a sniper in Afghanistan, he decided to start a company to improve quality of life for people living with paralysis.
Bladder Programs After a Spinal Cord Injury
Nerve damage to the bladder is a common side effects of having a spinal cord injury, other injury, surgical procedures, and several disease processes....
