How An HS Catheter Works

By Mark Williams


Most support equipment used for medical examinations are for accessing internal areas that are restricted. Many have come to know and accept them as a the prevailing standard. These may be part of a preliminary or back up physical procedures to complete the exam set for internal organs.

Uterine pathology can be accessed with the help of such equipment. This most helpful part of the process is called the HS catheter, used in the preliminary process that is part of Sonohysterography, also known as Hysterosalpingography. They help provide the means of mapping out the conditions in the uterus and related organs.

This is discussed in more technical terms, but here it will be addressed in more straightforward, conversational terms. All the relevant technical terms will be discussed, too, but at most times they will be in support of clearer language to describe the uses of the catheter. Besides which, the item is made for one thing and thing only, and that is as part of a general MRI style scan.

It is a wonder of medical science how one simple and small thing is vital to discovering the start of diseases or giving a projection of the feminine genital system. Most doctors agree on how these invasive procedures may be replaced with other, better and non invasive procedures in the future. But currently, these catheters need to be used.

The MRI scan has been applied to the genital parts of females, and it is where the catheter is used for injecting contrast media, which are used like dyes. There are no large differences with other types of scanning for different parts of the body. And the simple tubing and its attachments enable the experts to make successful scans.

Dyes are of several types, used for specific areas like the uterus or the fallopian system, and tasked to visualize the conditions of these. Finer tubes are not viable, the HS being the finest that can be used for accessing the more restricted internal areas. The tubes form the main artery of exact delivery systems that make a scan perfect, actually not a true visual program but a visual map created by magnetic echoes.

Resonating echoes are constantly monitored by a machine that uses software, and the mapping is for the final configuration of dyes for an entire area. Again, contrast media are targeted for specific places that are either affected and need to be visualized. For example, one media or dye is supposed to track a chemical process within a uterine area.

Of course, there are certain types of equipment in use, because there are related procedures that need specific sizing. A specialist team does the actual physical exam and handles the monitoring system, and a doctor oversees the entire process, important in tracking changes and complications that arise.

They are not very expensive, but also require that they are made up to exact standards and specifications. Thus, medical equipment companies have very high standards of quality in the manufacture for these things. You can buy them on your own at pharmacies or company outlets, but mostly these are provided along with the MRI test, and may be deducted as specific items on your health insurance coverage.




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