[LINC Medical] has now brought out the Optitip® catheter, which again is open tipped, with the balloon when inflated being almost level with the tip of the catheter, a further drainage hole lies beneath the balloon. This makes the catheter particularly helpful for those patient with large amounts of sediment. For example, one of my patients (a long-term user of suprapubic catheters) trialled the Optitip® and finds it not only very comfortable, but also that infection rates have dropped by 80% in the nine months of using it.
