medical equipment

  Medical devices

Medical equipment is machinery designed to aid medical therapies. It is usually designed with rigorous safety standards. There are several basic types: Life support equipment is used maintain a patient's bodily function. These include medical ventilators, heart-lung machines, ECMO, and dialysis machines. Therapeutic equipment include infusion pumps (by far the most common), medical lasers and LASIK surgical machines. Medical monitors allow medical staff to measure a patient's medical state. These measure ECGs, EEGs, blood pressure, and dissolved gases in the blood. Medical imaging machines are used to aid diagnosis. These include ultrasound, MRI, CAT-scans, PET, and x-ray machines. Medical laboratory equipment automate or help analyses of blood, urine and genes. See also: medical test

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