• 소성∙가공
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.89-94
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• 2015

Medical catheter tubes are disposable devices that are inserted into the body cavities such as the pleura, trachea, esophagus, stomach, urinary bladder, ureter, or blood vessels for surgical procedures. Each hole of the inner tube is called a lumen, which is used as a passage for drug injections, waste discharge, polypus removal, blood transport, or injection of a camera or sensor. The catheter tube is manufactured by extrusion. The flow in the inner extrusion die affects the thickness and diameter of the tube. In the current study computer simulation of flow in an extrusion die for catheter tubing was performed. Velocity, pressure, shear rate, and shear stress were investigated and the die design was examined.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제53권2호
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• pp.49-52
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• 2020

Background: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is commonly treated with chest tube insertion, which requires hospitalization. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy, costs, and benefits of a portable small-bore chest tube (Thoracic Egg; Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) compared with a conventional chest tube. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients who underwent treatment at Gangnam Severance Hospital between August 2014 and May 2018. Results: A total of 279 patients were divided into 2 groups: the conventional group (n=236) and the Thoracic Egg group (n=43). Of the 236 patients in the conventional group, 100 were excluded because they underwent surgery during the study period. The efficacy and cost were compared between the 2 groups. There was no statistically significant difference between the groups regarding recurrence (conventional group, 36 patients [26.5%]; Thoracic Egg group, 15 patients [29.4%]; p=0.287). However, the Egg group had statistically significantly lower mean medical expenses than the conventional group (433,413 Korean won and 522,146 Korean won, respectively; p<0.001). Conclusion: Although portable small-bore chest tubes may not be significantly more efficacious than conventional chest tubes, their use is significantly less expensive. We believe that the Thoracic Egg catheter could be a less costly alternative to conventional chest tube insertion.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제74권6호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2013

Pigtail catheter drainage is a common procedure for the treatment of pleural effusion and pneumothorax. The most common complications of pigtail catheter insertion are pneumothorax, hemorrhage and chest pains. Cerebral air embolism is rare, but often fatal. In this paper, we report a case of cerebral air embolism in association with the insertion of a pigtail catheter for the drainage of a pleural effusion. A 67-year-old man is being presented with dyspnea, cough and right-side chest pains and was administered antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia. The pneumonia failed to resolve and a loculated parapneumonic pleural effusion developed. A pigtail catheter was inserted in order to drain the pleural effusion, which resulted in cerebral air embolism. The patient was administered high-flow oxygen therapy and recovered without any neurologic complications.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.278-286
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• 1999

To predict the behavior of the intravascular micro active endoscope in the real human vascular system, a human mock circulation system was developed. The intravascular micro active endoscope which consists of micro active bending catheter and micro drug infusion catheter was driven in the velocity, Re number and temperature controlled flow. The three SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) zigzag type spring in the micro active bending catheter was heated by the electric current generated by PWM controller, and the shape memory effect made the actuator bend to any direction. The micro drug infusion catheter was driven through the inner hole of the micro active bending catheter. A mock circulation system is shaped from Ascending Arota to Femoral artery according to a human data (the data contains many vascular sizes and hydrographs of many control points). We developed a vascular model with glass and silicone tubes, and set the flow system with circulation parts, flow settling parts, and lots of valves. The heater and heat-controller was added to the How system to centre! the temperature of the How at 36.5$^{\circ}C$. The result showed that the developed intravascular micro active endoscope could be induced to any point in the vascular model.

• 대한영상의학회지
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• 제81권6호
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• pp.1389-1396
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• 2020

목적 본 연구의 목적은 경피적 폴리 카테터 삽입을 이용하여 수술 후 장 누출을 성공적으로 관리하기 위한 기술적 및 임상적 요인을 분석함에 있다. 대상과 방법 이번 후향적 연구에는 32명의 환자가 포함되었다. 수술 후 위장 누출은 컴퓨터단층촬영(CT)을 이용하여 진단되었고, 환자는 Jackson-Pratt 튜브 또는 이미지 유도 방법을 통해 경피적 경로로 누출 위치에 폴리 카테터 삽입을 시행 받았다. 성공은 합병증 없이 폴리 카테터를 성공적으로 제거한 것으로 정의하였고, 임상적 실패와 관련된 인자들에 대하여 분석하였다. 결과 모든 환자에서 경피성 폴리 카테터 배치는 합병증 없이 성공적으로 시행되었다. 폴리 카테터 삽입은 CT에서 누출이 확인된 후 중앙값 10일(범위, 1~68)째에 시행되었다. 임상적 성공은 32명의 환자 중 26명(81%)에서 달성되었다. 통계학적 분석에서, 임상적 실패에 대한 통계적으로 유의미한 위험 인자는 전신적 동반 질환(p < 0.001) 및 구강 섭취 실패(p = 0.015)였다. 결론 경피적 폴리 카테터 삽입은 수술 후 장 누출을 관리하기 위한 안전하고 효과적인 접근방법으로 간주될 수 있다. 폴리 카테터 배치 후, 전신적 동반 질환의 유무 및 성공적인 구강식이를 빠른 시일 내로 시작하는 것은 임상적으로 성공적인 회복에 중요한 요소이다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.132-141
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• 2019

Foreign body (FB) ingestion of children is a common pediatric emergency requiring medical attention. Pediatric emergency physicians and gastroenterologists often encounter nervous and distressed situations, because of children presenting with this condition in the common clinical practice. When determining the appropriate timing and indications for intervention, physicians should consider multiple patient- and FB-related factors. The utilization of a flexible endoscopy is considered safe and effective to use in these cases, with a high success rate, for the effective extraction of FBs from the gastrointestinal tract of a child. Additionally, a Foley catheter and a magnet-attached Levin tube have been used for decades in the case of FB removal. Although their use has decreased significantly in recent times, these instruments continue to be used for several indications. Using a Foley catheter for this purpose does not require special training and does not necessarily require sedation of the patient or fluoroscopy, which serve as advantages of utilizing this method for foreign object retrieval. An ingested magnet or iron-containing FB can be retrieved using a magnet-attached tube, and can be effective to retrieve an object from any section of the upper gastrointestinal tract that can be reached. Simple and inexpensive devices such as Foley catheters and magnetattached tubes can be used in emergencies such as with the esophageal impaction of disk batteries if endoscopy cannot be performed immediately (e.g., in rural areas and/or in patients presenting at midnight in a facility, especially in those without access to endoscopes or emergency services, or in any situation that warrants urgent removal of a foreign object).

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.718-726
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between a pulmonary aspiration group and a non-pulmonary aspiration group in glucose concentration of tracheal secretions by measuring time and feeding methods. Method: The subjects were 36 ICU patients who were receiving formula via nasogastric tubes and had endotracheal tubes or tracheostomy tubes. Tracheal secretions were collected by connecting suction traps to a suction catheter in three different times(within 1 hour after feeding, between 1 to 2 hours after feeding, and between 2 to 3 hours after feeding) for 2 days, overall six times. Glucose concentration of tracheal secretions was measured with the glucometer(Accucheck II). Results: Glucose concentration of tracheal secretions increased in progression after feeding. The mean of specimens collected last(between two to three hours after feeding) was shown to be the highest value(M=61.61mg/dl) in the pulmonary aspiration group. Significantly(p=.000) more subjects(94.44%) in the pulmonary aspiration group received formula via a 50cc syringe than those in the non-pulmonary aspiration group(22.22%). Conclusion: Critically ill patients may need more time for head-elevation after tube feeding to prevent pulmonary aspiration. In practice, enteral formula should not be given the patients via a $50_cc$ syringe anymore, instead a feeding bag or infusion pump should be used to prevent pulmonary aspiration.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.223-225
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• 2013

Chest draining is a common procedure for treating pleural effusion. Perforation of the heart is a rare often fatal complication of chest drain insertion. We report a case of a 76-year-old female patient suffering from congestive heart failure. At presentation, unilateral opacity of the left chest observed on a chest X-ray was interpreted as massive pleural effusion, so an attempt was made to drain the left pleural space. Malposition of the chest drain was suspected because blood was draining in a pulsatile way from the catheter. Computed tomography revealed perforation of the left ventricle. Mini-thoracotomy was performed and the drain extracted successfully.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2011

인간의 불임을 극복하고 치료하기 위한 체외수정 및 배아이식술(in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer: IVF-ET)의 성공적인 임신과 출산은 1978년 영국에서 세계 최초로 성공 사례를 보고하였으며, 국내에서는 1986년에 처음으로 보고되었다. 최근에 발표된 보건복지부 통계자료에 의하면 2010년에는 130여 개의 배아생성의료기관에서 연간 42,000 건 이상의 IVF-ET가 시행되었다고 한다. 이러한 시술에 사용되는 재료 및 소모품으로는 난자 채취에 사용되는 난자채취용 주사침(ovum pick-up needle), 채취된 정자를 수세하고 분리하는데 사용되는 원심분리관(centrifuge tube), 난포액에서 난자를 확인하고 이를 분리할 때 사용하는 페트리 접시(Petri dish), 난자와 배아를 배양하는 배양접시(culture dish), 세포질내 정자주입술에 사용되는 미세 피펫(ICSI pipette), 배아의 체외배양에 사용되는 배양액(culture medium)과 미네랄 오일(mineral oil), 정자를 자궁에 넣어주는 인공수정에 사용되는 이식관(intrauterine insemination catheter), 배아의 이식에 사용되는 이식관(embryo transfer catheter), 잉여의 배아를 동결하기 위한 동결액(cryopreservation solution) 그리고 체외배양공간을 제공하는 배양기(incubator) 등이 있다. 그러나 대부분의 시술 재료와 소모품들이 수입에 의존하고 있어, 수입의존도를 낮추고 국산화를 도모하기 위해 시술기관의 임상의와 연구원들을 대상으로 체외수정 및 배아이식술 관련 시술 재료와 소모품 국산화에 대한 설문 조사를 실시한 결과를 분석하였다. 관련 분야의 임상의와 연구원들도 국산화에 대한 공감대를 가지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 실제적으로 국산화가 성공되기 위해서는 품질보증과 품질관리와 같은 체계적인 시스템의 도입이 필요하며, 이를 통해 관련 산업의 발전과 국제적인 경쟁력을 강화할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.237-242
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• 2001

Colostrum deprived, newborn pigs (N=12, $1.64{\pm}0.05kg$) were used to study the renal threshold of carnitine, and effects of emulsified medium-chain triglyceride (MCT, tri-8:0) feeding on kinetics of plasma carnitine and urinary carnitine excretion. An arterial catheter was inserted through an umbilical artery, and a bladder catheter was inserted via the urachus. Piglets were oro-gastrically gavaged with one of six carnitine levels (0, 60, 120, 180, 240, $480{\mu}mol/kg\;W^{0.75}$) with (+MCT) or without medium-chain triglycerides (-MCT) in 0.9% NaCl solution. Blood was sampled into heparinized tubes at 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 14, and 20 h after gavage, and urine was collected and pooled into 1 h or 2 h composite samples to determine free- and short-chain carnitine concentrations. Plasma from the 12 newborn piglets before gavage contained $10.6{\pm}1.2{\mu}mol/L$ free carnitine and $7.2{\pm}0.6{\mu}mol/L$ acid-soluble acyl carnitine. The renal threshold for carnitine was similar between the MCT and the +MCT group (42.6 13.1 and $46.4{\pm}2.0{\mu}mol/L$, respectively), but the correlation between plasma free carnitine and urinary excretion was altered. Plasma free carnitine linearly increased with increasing carnitine dosage (-MCT group, $R^2=0.95$, p<0.001; +MCT group, $R^2=0.91$, p<0.001), but was decreased by 50% when medium-chain triglycerides were fed. The peak in plasma free carnitine concentration was depressed by medium-chain triglycerides feeding also. Therefore, the plasma and urinary short-chain/free carnitine ratio of the +MCT group was increased by 100% and 40%, respectively (p<0.01). Feeding of medium-chain triglycerides may delay plasma carnitine elevation via altering the kinetics of absorption. Similarly, the plasma and urinary short-chain/free carnitine ratio were affected by interaction between medium-chain triglycerides and time (p<0.01). The present study suggests that an oral carnitine dose over $480{\mu}mol/kg\;W^{0.75}$ may be needed to reach the free carnitine renal threshold within a short period, especially when provided together with medium-chain triglyceride.