Urological device that provides guided placement for an indwelling catheter

A method that provides for the guided placement of the distal end of an indwelling catheter into a patient's bladder, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing a cylinder having a proximal and a distal end, an outer surface, and an axial centerline that extends between said ends,
• providing a connector attached to said cylinder distal end,
• providing a guide wire lumen, having a guide wire lumen diameter, in said cylinder and that has an inner surface, a distal opening which has a d-o-axial centerline protruding therefrom and with said distal opening being located proximate said cylinder distal end, and a proximal opening which is located proximate said cylinder proximal end,
• providing a guide wire having a guide wire diameter and a gw-distal end and a gw-proximal end,
• providing a confirmation lumen in said cylinder that has a confirmation opening, which is located proximate said cylinder distal end, and a confirmation port, which is located proximate said cylinder proximal end, and wherein said confirmation lumen is configured to drain urine from the bladder of said patient, and
• configuring said guide wire lumen to first allow for the passage of said gw-distal end through said guide wire lumen and into said patient bladder and then the withdrawal of said cylinder from the urethra of said patient while leaving behind said gw-distal end in said urethra of said patient for use in the insertion of said indwelling catheter.