TissueDB/Tissues/Bladder

Bladder (urinary bladder) is a hollow muscular organ that stores urine. The bladder wall is distensible and lined with transitional epithelium. In simulation, bladder tissue is what a urinary catheter must reach once it has passed the urethral sphincter.

Materials

Material	Visual	Tactile	Simulator	Notes
PLA-printed bladder body and base (1; reusable) with 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) acrylic front window sealed with silicone caulking			Urinary Catheterization Simulator (Gillis)	The PLA-printed bladder houses the threaded insert and screw-in valve body of the one-way bladder valve. The acrylic front window allows learners to visually confirm catheter advancement past the urethral sphincter into the bladder lumen and to observe balloon inflation.^[1]

Urethra — drains bladder; separate catheterization approach

References

↑ Gillis CJ, Bishop N, Walsh G, Harvey D (2020). "Evaluation of a Novel 3D-Printed Urinary Catheterization Simulation Model in Undergraduate Medical Teaching." Cureus 12(5):e8377. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.8377. PMID: 32626621. PMC: PMC7328704.

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[gillis2020-1] Gillis CJ, Bishop N, Walsh G, Harvey D (2020). "Evaluation of a Novel 3D-Printed Urinary Catheterization Simulation Model in Undergraduate Medical Teaching." Cureus 12(5):e8377. DOI: 10.7759/cureus.8377. PMID: 32626621. PMC: PMC7328704.

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