The utility model discloses an improved
catheter, which belongs to the technical field of
medical instruments and comprises a
catheter body, a three-way tube
urine drainage tube and a pressure relief component, the
urine drainage tube is connected to a
discharge end of the
catheter body, the catheter body is provided with a three-way tube, and the pressure relief component is arranged between the three-way tube and the
urine drainage tube. The pressure relief
assembly comprises a pressure
relief valve and a
pressure monitoring pipe which are sequentially arranged on the outer wall of the
pipe body, and the three-way
pipe comprises a main catheterization pipe, a side catheterization pipe and a switching valve. The
urethral catheter has the advantages that after the
urethral catheter is inserted into the body of a patient, urine of the
human body can be drained and discharged, the pipe body is provided with the three-way pipe, the internal pipe of the
urethral catheter can be switched through the switching valve, the urethral catheter main pipe is closed, the urethral catheter side pipe is opened, and a specimen or
bladder irrigation and external
medicine can be reserved from the urethral catheter side pipe. The catheter does not need to be separated, puncture operation with a needle is reduced, puncture injury caused by the needle is avoided, the catheter is provided with the pressure
relief valve and the
pressure monitoring pipe, and pipeline pressure can be monitored and relieved.