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A Portable Ureteral Catheter Specimen Collector
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A PORTABLE URETEI-L\L CATHETER SPECfl\IEN COLLECTOR A. ESTIN COMARR From. the Spfoa/ Cord Injury Service, Veterans Administration Hospital. Long Beach and The Department of Urolorm, School of ilieditine, Loma Linda University, J,os Angelc8, C'a/.
In 1961 we described a suspended chain and clamp device to retain a panendo~cope. 1 This device has been satisfactory in female as wc>ll a~
The collector consists of a :3-foot-high standard, an ell1(rn·, and an 8 inch metal tube to which has been anded a 10-inch-long
FIG. 1. Portable ureteral catheter specimen collector.
male patients. It allows the cystoscopist to perform other duties while in the cystoscopy room. Since the panendoscopc can be safely secured without constant observation, we designed a uretcral catheter specimen collector using material:-; found in any ho~pital maintenance department. Accepted for publication December 11, 1962. 1 Comarr, A. E. and Oper, D.: A simple retainer for a cyst.oscope. J. Urol., 85: lOHi, 1961.
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flexible tube (fig. 1). The collecting
\'ol. SH, No. 6 June HJ6:J f:opyright ,:g HJG3 by The \rilliams & \Vilkinf-i Co. pl'?·nted
1·n
L~.S.A.
A PORTABLE URETEI-L\L CATHETER SPECfl\IEN COLLECTOR A. ESTIN COMARR From. the Spfoa/ Cord Injury Service, Veterans Administration Hospital. Long Beach and The Department of Urolorm, School of ilieditine, Loma Linda University, J,os Angelc8, C'a/.
In 1961 we described a suspended chain and clamp device to retain a panendo~cope. 1 This device has been satisfactory in female as wc>ll a~
The collector consists of a :3-foot-high standard, an ell1(rn·, and an 8 inch metal tube to which has been anded a 10-inch-long
FIG. 1. Portable ureteral catheter specimen collector.
male patients. It allows the cystoscopist to perform other duties while in the cystoscopy room. Since the panendoscopc can be safely secured without constant observation, we designed a uretcral catheter specimen collector using material:-; found in any ho~pital maintenance department. Accepted for publication December 11, 1962. 1 Comarr, A. E. and Oper, D.: A simple retainer for a cyst.oscope. J. Urol., 85: lOHi, 1961.
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flexible tube (fig. 1). The collecting