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catheters

  • plural
    of catheter.
    catheter
    noun
    a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.

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Boston Scientific said its first-quarter net income roughly doubled as demand continued to grow worldwide for its stents, catheters and other cardiology devices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Edwards’ focus is cardiac catheters and TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

In earlier studies, scientists sometimes inserted catheters into veins in a patient's neck to collect blood as it left the brain.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025

Even small and relatively inexpensive prescription medical goods such as urinary catheters can be onerous to find, especially in an emergency, the actress said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

The nurses work rapidly to detach the monitors and catheters and run another tube down my throat.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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