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Does not work out with 20 french ...

Tried some stents made out of caths. A bit difficult to get out with the fishing line. Try a punctured cath now. Curious to find out. Just have 20 french here..., so lets see.

Hi dlnoir, this is quite easy. The small litte blow up bulp is enough to keep the stent inside the bladder. Actually it is not so small. I guess it was 12mm in diameter. Greets to the Netherlands pp

Intrigued from the many ideas and pictures here I came up with an idea for a stent design. Using a 20 fr. diameter Foley cat., I cut off 12cm of the side with the bulb, blow up the bulb and seal the air duct with glue. For to pull out the stent I am using a fishing line. I thought the tricky part was to blow up the bulp. This is not the case. Here I am using a syringe that that is filled up with a tiny bit of regular glue like UHU or Patex. The syringe can be put onto the opening of the air duct and the glue be put into the channel. It is not easy. If you try a bit before without glue this helps to find the best position for an airproof seal. While testing you can also check how much air you additionally want to push into the channel and bulp. The bulp can be easily blown up to a 10mm diameter. The glue that is bushed into the duct seals the chanel quite quick. Now there is the next part for connecting the fishing line to the stent. I am not too happy with my solution, because the different knots were hanging out the catheter tube. This is not too comfortable when inserting the short device. I have an idea about it and try a different wiring as soon as I am in the mood. The edges of the catheter cut are sanded. This I did before the blowing up of the bulp. Next is a pic. For me the 12cm length this was very comfortable and exciting while wearing. The insertion of the 10mm bulp is a bit tricky with just the 12cm at hand. For this I will try a longer stent next time. Maybe 15cm. Cheers

Wow, this is a very interesting topic. Also I have the kink to having a stent locked in my urethra for incontinence. Just came across an interesting product. www.thespanner.com It seems tricky to get this stent purchased. So I try some attempts with my folleys. Greets