Medical equipment
Medical equipmentmachinery designedaid medical therapies. Itusually designedrigorous safety standards.Thereseveral basic types:
Life support equipmentused maintainpatient's bodily function. These include medical ventilators, heart-lung machines, ECMO,dialysis machines.
Therapeutic equipment include infusion pumps (by farmost common), medical lasersLASIK surgical machines.
Medical monitors allow medical staffmeasurepatient's medical state. These measure ECGs, EEGs, blood pressure,dissolved gaseses inblood.
Medical imaging machinesusedaid diagnosis. These include ultrasound, MRI, CAT-scans, PET,x-ray machines.
Medical laboratory equipment automate or help analysesblood, urinegenes.
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