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What year was the catheter invented?

The Egyptians used papyrus and the Greeks used reeds. The techniques used to drain the bladder are millenia old. See Shokeir, A & Hussein M. (1999) "The urology of Pharaonic Egypt" BJUInt 84:7 aaaaaaaa.UPDATE

The article on Ben Franklin credits him with inventing the catheter, though there's no mention of it here. Does anyone know where a source can be found on this statement, if it is indeed true? Slugmaster 19:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC) reply

• I had this argument about a year ago. Hence the statement about catheters being used in the ancient world. Benjamin Franklin did NOT invent the catheter, but every time I took it out, someone felt disposed to put it back. I gave up in the end. He might have invented a latex catheter (I don't know), and that might be what they were getting at... Jfbcubed 19:56, 15 September 2007 (UTC) reply

He invented the first catheter in America, which was a modification of the European version. http://library.thinkquest.org/22254/catheter.htm. -- 98.172.115.234 ( talk) 08:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC) reply

As reported by popular science in June 2009, he has created an improved catheter. I would write about it myself, but I'm neither familiar with catheters in general nor understand his device well to offer a broad overview. I'm looking for someone who is more knowledgeable to explain it to me here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lkjhv ( talk • contribs) 02:55, 4 August 2009 (UTC) reply

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The article does not make clear how this differs from a cannula.
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I just looked at the article trying to find out the same thing. I realise that "catheter" is commonly misunderstood to only refer to a urinary catheter, but given that, what is the difference between a catheter (more broadly) and a cannula? JezGrove ( talk) 18:53, 25 September 2023 (UTC) reply

Here's a link, as the article appeared [1] I am unable to find any support for "Walsh catheter". This sentence, "In the early 1900s, a Dubliner named Walsh and famous Scottish urinologist Norman Gibbon teamed together" is malarkey.

Norman Gibbon developed the Gibbons catheter in 1958. The only Walsh I can find is Patrick C. Walsh, an American urologist, born 1938. Obviously, "the early 1900s" is unsupported, Walsh is American, and I doubt he "teamed together" with Gibbon, at the age of twenty. And 1958 is NOT the early 1900s. No mention of a "Walsh catheter" can I find.

Most distressing, this misinformation is now contained on various mirrors/copies of WP, and may find its way into print! I am so put out and disgusted. This information has been extant since 2008. Now working to revise the paragraph, with sources. Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 21:37, 9 July 2021 (UTC) reply