Talk:Catheter

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What year was the catheter invented?

when was the catheter invented?
The Egyptians used papyrus and the Greeks used reeds. The techniques used to drain the bladder are millenia old. See Shokeir, A & Hussein M. (1999) "The urology of Pharaonic Egypt" BJUInt 84:7 aaaaaaaa.UPDATE

Franklin
The article on Ben Franklin credits him with inventing the catheter, though there's no mention of it here. Does anyone know where a source can be found on this statement, if it is indeed true? Slugmaster 19:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I had this argument about a year ago. Hence the statement about catheters being used in the ancient world. Benjamin Franklin did NOT invent the catheter, but every time I took it out, someone felt disposed to put it back. I gave up in the end. He might have invented a latex catheter (I don't know), and that might be what they were getting at... Jfbcubed 19:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Franklin Catheter
He invented the first catheter in America, which was a modification of the European version. http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/catheter.htm. --98.172.115.234 (talk) 08:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Amir Belson
As reported by popular science in June 2009, he has created an improved catheter. I would write about it myself, but I'm neither familiar with catheters in general nor understand his device well to offer a broad overview. I'm looking for someone who is more knowledgeable to explain it to me here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lkjhv (talk • contribs) 02:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

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Cannula
The article does not make clear how this differs from a cannula. —DIV (137.111.13.4 (talk) 06:30, 9 June 2021 (UTC))


 * I just looked at the article trying to find out the same thing. I realise that "catheter" is commonly misunderstood to only refer to a urinary catheter, but given that, what is the difference between a catheter (more broadly) and a cannula? JezGrove (talk) 18:53, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Problems with section, per Walsh-Gibbon catheter
Here's a link, as the article appeared I am unable to find any support for "Walsh catheter". This sentence, "In the early 1900s, a Dubliner named Walsh and famous Scottish urinologist Norman Gibbon teamed together" is malarkey.

Norman Gibbon developed the Gibbons catheter in 1958. The only Walsh I can find is Patrick C. Walsh, an American urologist, born 1938. Obviously, "the early 1900s" is unsupported, Walsh is American, and I doubt he "teamed together" with Gibbon, at the age of twenty. And 1958 is NOT the early 1900s. No mention of a "Walsh catheter" can I find.

Most distressing, this misinformation is now contained on various mirrors/copies of WP, and may find its way into print! I am so put out and disgusted. This information has been extant since 2008. Now working to revise the paragraph, with sources.  Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect!  21:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC)