Collin’s Foreign Body Extractor

For removing catheter fragments

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Occasionally, urological instruments and pieces (e,g, fragments of catheters) have to be removed from the bladder or urethra.

Older rubber catheters and bougies were more brittle, and more likely to fragment.

The Collin grasper for men was designed in the late 19th century for removing foreign bodies from the male bladder. Details of its use can be found in the 1925 Collin catalogue.

The jaws are shaped so that, when a cylindrical object is grasped, it rotates into them. The central rod can then be used to push the object up the jaws so it can be extracted safely. 

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