< B>Catheter, indwelling bladder: A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted
into the bladder that remains ("dwells") there to provide continuous urinary drainage.
The principal type of indwelling bladder catheter is the "Foley" which has a
balloon on the bladder end. After the Foley catheter is inserted in the bladder,
the balloon is inflated (with air or fluid) so that the catheter cannot pull out
but is retained in the bladder as an indwelling catheter. Removal is accomplished
simply by deflating the balloon and slipping the catheter out. The "Foley" is named
for Frederic Eugene Basil Foley (1891-1966), an American urologist.
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