Ultra Flexible Surgical Drain and Catheter

A method of securing a catheter to a patient having a tissue surface comprising:

• inserting a portion of said catheter into a patient;
• said catheter comprising:
• a main tube comprising, a distal end, a proximal end, and outer wall having an outer diameter and an inner wall defining a lumen having an inner diameter that extends from said distal end to said proximal end;
• said main tube including at least one bendable section connected to said smooth tube section, said bendable section having a first set of a plurality of rims and grooves on said outer wall and a second set of a plurality of rims and grooves on said inner wall forming a lumen;
• said rims and grooves adapted to stretch and compress when said bendable section is bent from a straight position to an angled position;
• said inner and critter diameters at said bendable section remain constant when said bendable section is bent;
• positioning said smooth tube section in said patient and said bendable section in a position adjacent to said patient tissue surface;
• bending said bendable section into a position in which said bendable section is substantially parallel to said patient tissue surface;
• and
• suturing said catheter to said patient by wrapping sutures around said bendable section and said sutures located in one or more grooves on said outer wall.