THE ASTA-CATH FEMALE CATHETER GUIDE assists women in locating their urinary meatus and can be used to learn and to perform intermittent catheterization. Intermittent catheterization is the treatment of choice for managing certain types of urinary Incontinence and may be required post-operatively after surgical intervention for stress urinary incontinence procedures. The indications for use for THE ASTA-CATH are listed below:

• As an assistive device and a teaching tool for disabled women who require intermittent catheterization but have difficulty performing the procedure (diagnoses such as multiple sclerosis*, spinal cord injury and spinal bifida). * 80% of women with MS experience women type of neurological dysfunction of their bladder during the course of the disease.

• As an assistive device and a teaching tool for any woman who requires intermittent catheterization to manage her urinary incontinence.

• As an assistive device and a teaching tool for any woman who requires intermittent catheterization because of various surgical procedures for stress incontinence.

• As a teaching tool for women required to locate their urinary meatus to insert various incontinence devices or medications.

• As an assistive device and a teaching tool for care givers of women who require intermittent catheterization.

• As a teaching tool for student nurses who are being taught how to catheterize female patients.