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2. Medical device - Wikipedia

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   This article needs to be updated.The reason given is: the section related to E.U. needs further updates (esp. in sections 3.2 and 4.2.2) as the directives 93/42/EEC on medical devices and 90/385/EEC on active implantable medical devices have been fully repealed on 26 May 2021 by Regulation (EU) no. 2017/745 (MDR); furthermore, Brexit triggers updates in these sections (U.K. developed their own ...

3. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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   This page is dedicated specifically to listing surgical instruments used in general surgery. Instruments can be classified in many ways - but broadly speaking, there are five kinds of instruments. Scalpels, scissors, and saws are the most traditional. Elevators can be both cutting and lifting/retracting.

4. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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   Surgical instrument. A surgical instrument is a medical device for performing specific actions or carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it. [1] Over time, many different kinds of surgical instruments and tools have been invented.

5. Instruments used in general medicine - Wikipedia

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   to test motor reflexes of the body. Sphygmomanometer. to measure the patient's blood pressure. Stethoscope. to hear sounds from movements within the body like heart beats, intestinal movement, breath sounds, etc. Suction device. to suck up blood or secretions. Surgical scissors. used for dissecting or cutting.

6. Biomedical engineering - Wikipedia

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   Hemodialysis, a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes).

7. Sound (medical instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Sound (medical instrument) In medicine, a sound (/ saʊnd /), also called a sonde (/ sɒnd /), [help 1] is an instrument for probing and dilating passages within the body, the best-known examples of which are urethral sounds and uterine sounds.