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. 2017 Apr;7(2):e86–e92. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1602657

Table 1. Manufacturers' recommended filling capacity and the volume and pressure at rupture.

Balloon description Manufacturer city/state Item number ordering Information Recommended maximum filling volume per instructions for use Rupture volume Rupture pressure
Bardex all-silicone Foley catheter 1 Bard
Covington, GA
165816
16 Ch/F (5.3 mm)
5 mL ribbed balloon
10 mL 50 mL 486 mm Hg
Bardex all-silicone Foley catheter 2 Bard
Covington, GA
165816
16 Ch/F (5.3 mm)
5 mL ribbed balloon
10 mL 50 mL 378 mm Hg
Bard Foley Catheter (latex with silicone coating) 1 Bard
Covington, GA
266716
16F.
Silicone Coated
35 mL 120 mL 377 mm Hg
Bard Foley catheter (latex with silicone coating) 2 Bard
Covington, GA
266716
16F.
silicone coated
35 mL 120 mL 378 mm Hg
Sengstaken esophageal-nasogastric tube
*Gastric balloon only
Bard
Covington, GA
0092030
20F. Adult
X-ray opaque rubber
250 mL 3,350 61
Durex condom
Enhanced pleasure
1 latex condom
With
Bard all-purpose urethral catheter with funnel end 16' length, two eyes
Durex
Parsippany, NJ
Bard
Covington, GA
TN/DRUGS/6/64
0094160
16F
X-ray opaque rubber
4,750 −3
Bakri postpartum balloona Cook OB/GYN
Spencer, IN
J-SOS-100500
GPN REF G306673
500 mL 2,850 mL 64 mm Hg
BT-Cath
Balloon tamponade catheter for postpartum uterine hemorrhage with EasyFill inflation systema
Utah Medical Products, Inc.
Midvale, UT
BTC-ESY 500 > 5,000 17
ebb
Complete tamponade system
BD-OTS obstetric cathetera
*Uterine balloon only
Glenveigh Medical
Chattanooga, TN
CTS-1000 750 mL > 5,000 mL 9 mm Hg
a

FDA approved for management of postpartum hemorrhage.