Medical Equipment
Definition
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve its purposes through chemical action within or on the body (which would make it a drug).[1] Whereas medicinal products (also called pharmaceuticals) achieve their principal action by pharmacological, metabolic or immunological means, medical devices act by other means like physical, mechanical, or thermal means.
Medical devices vary greatly in complexity and application. Examples range from simple devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, and disposable gloves to advanced devices such as computers which assist in the conduct of medical testing,implants, and prostheses. The design of medical devices constitutes a major segment of the field of biomedical engineering. wikipedia
Intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings for one or more of the specific purpose(s) of:
- Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease,
- Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury
or handicap,
- Investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or of a physiological process,
- Supporting or sustaining life,
- Control of conception,
- Disinfection of medical devices,
- Providing information for medical or diagnostic purposes by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body.
Medical Device References
Several Medical Equipment descriptions and references can be find at EBME site
Anaesthesia Inhalation Agents and reactions with absorbents
Anaesthetic Gas Scavenging Systems (AGSS)
Automatic External Defibrillation - A.E.D.
Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring
Blood Tests and Point Of Care diagnostics
Breath Hydrogen (H2) Monitoring
Carbon Monoxide (CO) Monitoring
Cardiopulmonary bypass machine - CPB
Computed tomography angiography
CRT v flat screen monitors for medical stack systems
Dynamic Volume Computed Tomography
Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging [fMRI]
Helping burns victims in the 21st century
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
Impulse Oscillometry (Lung Function) Systems - IOS
Infusion Devices A Bleeding Vein Of Clinical Negligence?
Infusion Devices Training Tutorial
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatment
Internal Defibrillator / Cardioverter
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
Invasive Arterial Blood Pressure Measurement
Killing Super-bugs with Ultra-violet light
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) Test
Noninvasive blood pressure measurement
Positron Emission Tomography Scanning
Principles of fluorescence cystoscopy.
Q Switch laser removal of tattoos
Radio Frequency Identification Technology
Sequential Compression Devices
Stereoscopic digital mammography
Total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA)
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation of the Brain
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Ultrasonic Coagulation and Cutting Devices
Vacuum Assisted Wound Dressings
Why we warm patients.
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