The new intermittent catheter Luja™ addresses important risk factors for urinary tract infections, a significant burden for people using intermittent catheters as well as healthcare systems as a whole ...

The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on additional features of intermittent urethral catheters for chronic incomplete bladder emptying in adults from several sources. The ...

Intermittent catheterisation (IC) remains a pivotal intervention in managing neurogenic bladder dysfunction among spinal cord injury patients. By facilitating periodic bladder emptying, IC helps to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 85 and in good health despite having had open heart surgery 10 years ago. I have been using a catheter three times a day for two years to drain urine, because my enlarged prostate ...

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollister Incorporated, a US-based company that develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products and services worldwide, has launched the ...

The female intermittent catheter enables complete bladder emptying in one free flow1, aiming to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections2. Following the successful launch of Luja with Micro-hole ...

Coloplast A/S is about to launch a new single-use male intermittent catheter featuring new technology designed to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections (UTI). “The Luja device, with its ...

ConvaTec has announced it has completed the acquisition of 180 Medical Holdings, according to a news release (pdf). ConvaTec reported in August that it would acquire all of the capital stock of 180 ...

The technology identified for this assessment is single-use and sterile intermittent urethral catheters for bladder drainage. Intermittent catheters are used for catheterisation for medical bladder ...