Metal catheters

Any males use curved metal catheters? Or, is it best to use soft non-metal ones? Can the soft ones be sterilized and reused?

Phil

Metal ones arent catheters, they're sounds and apparently easier to use in men than women

Regretably - metal catheters do exist - in the Vintage arena - and NO, I dont encourage use - see ebay

Thats mental. dont use them

Metal catheters, or sounds, can be used, safely, if one is knowledgeable, and can be quite enjoyable. Yet again, caution... sounding is not for the beginner. Bladder infections, tears of the urethra, etc are always possibilities. There are some female sounds that can be used to drain a bladder (short ones).

Monurol1 claims to be medically knowledgeable but unfortunately makes the same mistake as many.

Catheters and sounds are not the same. There are no sounds, female or otherwise, that can be used to drain the bladder - they are solid!

Metal catheters cannot be safely used and they are only available as vintage instruments. They are usually fashioned from copper, sometimes silver plated but of course the plate is worn or flaking.

Playing urologically with such articles (or even commending such use) is dangerous and irresponsible.

Metal catheters cannot be safely used and they are only available as vintage instruments. They are usually fashioned from copper, sometimes silver plated but of course the plate is worn or flaking.

On the contrary. Metal catheters are available from several of the better instrument makers today. Cook offers male caths in several sizes in stainless steel. Playing with these is much like playing with a Van Buren sound, with they somewhat resemble. I would be a bit careful about using antique metal caths, though.

Speed

I stand corrected speedvogel - as to availability.

Thank you.

But am pleased to note you second my cautionary note. I won't be ordering this side of year 2095

Oh yes, there are many antique instruments that can make me shudder. Even if my mind thinks they would feel wonderful, I know they are not for use today.

Speed

I obtained a 20 French stainless steel catheter from a 95 YO doctor who retired. I sterilized it by wrapping in aluminum foil and sticking it in the oven. Opening the foil allowed me a sterile field. The catheter is about 16 inches long, and curved to match the male anatomy. I start by inserting it into the penis will lubed, and thread it onto my penis with the straight part pointing up toward my head. The curve is going down the urethra next to the body. With a little gentle pressure on the lower urethra from the outside and a little downward rotation of the straight part, the curved catheter will ease through the sphincter, then the inch and a half of the prostate. When the straight part of the tube is at about 90 degrees from the body, the tip will be in the bladder and urine should flow. It's a trip seeing my penis sticking out like it's erect but with a stainless steel tube sticking out and urine flowing out of the end. I don't leave it in like I would a rubber catheter. I take it right out.

Http://railwaysurgery.org/

see the home made sterilizer. It should work on textile what about metal? Any experience?

Pean- It looks to be an interesting site, but for those of us with limited time, can you be more specific as to where the home-made sterilizer might be found?

Thanks,

LadyDoc

Here are the steam sterilisers ladydocisin

http://railwaysurgery.org/Other.htm

WOW YOU MUST BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL DO NOT TRY IT MAY LEAD TO REAL PROBLEMS KEEP IT SAFE

Very interesting about the 16"steel catheter. i have to catheterise 2 times a week. and even tho the catheters are sterile. and i take all the precautions about one in fifeteen to twenty times i get an infection. it only takes one microbe floating thro the air. my doc always makes sure i have antibiotics at home just so i can catch the infection in its tracks. so be aware even with the most stringent sterile situation you are only reducing the odds of infection not stopping them

All i know is that i like the way a sound feels going down my uretha way better then a rubber cath but a steel cath i would def be down to see how that feels.

Metal catheters are still made. I see them sometimes on eBay. Usually, though, they are available only through medical instrument firms and are hard for us civilians to buy.

Speed

I have an old metal one in great shape but am afraid to use it. I've seen the metal ones for sale but never heard of one being used in a medical setting in the modern age. Has anyone ever heard of them being used recently?

I would use EXTREME caution with a metal catheter in a male. A van Buren sound, being solid, has a completely domed tip, which will make for a relatively smooth insertion if you know how to follow the curves. A Catheter, being a tube, may tend to "shave off" tissue from the urethral wall if not used very carefully.

New metal catheters are still being made, so they must still be in use for some procedures. The ones I have seen have been made by Miltex and are very well finished with the eyes being very smooth and slightly recessed to avoid cutting issues. The level of skill needed to use these would rival that needed for inserting a Van Buren sound.

Speed

As mentioned above, A metal catheter is a hollow tube, and as such is asking for trouble, proper sterilization is a real concern, proper insertion is an additional concern unto itself, best leave well enough alone. Yes, I have had personal experience, one nasty experience in my teen years was all it took, I am fortunate, that is why I do as such, no matter what my fantasy factory creates. Sounds, which are much more easier to sterilize, provide me with all the stimulation that I would gain from a metal cath. If I choose to cath, then I use 'sealed', 'sterile' disposables.

G.N.

The one I have is about a 16fr and is shaped like a van buren. I wish I could try it out once but as mentioned a few times here I'm concerned with sterility.

Found this topic interesting. Found this..

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Male_metal_catheter_01.jpg

Would have been interesting, and beneficial to get @Switchablesusies input on this

See my post #10 above. The photo is exactly what I have. I clean myself with Betadine & cotton balls x 3, and use Surgilube sterile jelly. The sound follows the anatomy of the urethral curve of the body perfectly. I slide it down the penis and perineum until it drops into the body so the curve part is all the way in the body. Now gently rotating the catheter so the shaft it at 90 degrees to the body will allow the curved part to slide smoothly into the bladder.

Done this over 200 times in ten years. No problem. no infection; no bleeding.