METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PROSTATIC URETHRAL LENGTH

Devices and methods are disclosed for determining prostatic urethral length. A balloon catheter subassembly is in fluid communication between an inner cavity of a syringe body and an expandable balloon is positioned at a distal end of the balloon catheter subassembly. An adapter secured to the syrin...

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Hauptverfasser: JANG, Yue-Teh, WENG, Yu-Shih, JUAN, Chun-Chia, LIN, Yue-Chen
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Devices and methods are disclosed for determining prostatic urethral length. A balloon catheter subassembly is in fluid communication between an inner cavity of a syringe body and an expandable balloon is positioned at a distal end of the balloon catheter subassembly. An adapter secured to the syringe body having a syringe plunger includes a lock that engages the syringe plunger at a predefined position with respect to the syringe body corresponding to a desired inflation state of the expandable balloon. Prostatic urethral length can then be determined using markings indicating distance from the expandable balloon.