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ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials2026

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy.

Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S Ligler, George T Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J McShane and 3 more

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Review in Advanced healthcare materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Azra Yaprak TarmanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6999-2326
Samiha AhmedDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0396-4997
Majed Othman AlthumayriDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8804-1491
Megan GuyCenter for Remote Health Technologies and Systems, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.
Darlenne Chavez LugoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.
Frances S LiglerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-2084
George T LiglerDepartment of Multidisciplinary Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77840, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5501-157X
Rahmi OkluLaboratory for Patient Inspired Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4984-1778
Hiroshi KawahiraDepartment of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterological, General and Transplant Surgery, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1, Yakushiji, Shimotsuke-shi, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan.
Michael J McShaneDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.
Jun KameokaGraduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Information, Production and System Research, Waseda University, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 808-0135, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-354X
Jonathan BovaComparative Medicine Program, Division of Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3477-5345
Hatice Ceylan KoydemirDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8612-5167

Funding

National Science Foundation 1648451NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM150104NIGMS NIH HHS R21GM150104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of medical devices that combine embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems with increasing functionality and complexity to enable real-time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Evolving from traditional catheters used as drains or entry ports, smart systems are now able to track blood pressure, temperature, biochemical signals, and mechanical forces within the body with a high degree of accuracy. Advances in materials, wireless communication, and robotic navigation have helped reduce common risks like infection and catheter blockage while also improving precision catheter placement for minimally invasive procedures. This review highlights recent developments across a variety of different types of smart catheters, ranging from sensing and imaging tools to therapeutic and multimodal systems. Additionally, it discusses the challenges that remain, including biocompatibility, long-term performance, and clinical translation. The incorporation of new capabilities is changing how catheters are used, and these new uses promise to enable more personalized and responsive healthcare.

Indexed as

CathetersEquipment DesignHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicRoboticscatheter‐integrated biosensorsmultimodal systemson‐body monitoringpersonalized healthcaresmart catheterstherapeutic systems

Identifiers

PMID41243621
PMCPMC12721224

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