Medical equipments help in the diagnosis of a disease and are used for monitoring and treating health conditions. The design of medical equipments is done with utmost safety precautions. These form a part of the category of medical technology.
Medical equipments can be broadly divided into life support equipment, diagnostic equipment, medical laboratory equipment, therapeutic equipment, medical monitors and diagnostic medical equipment.
Equipments that fall under the following categories include
Life Support Equipment: These equipments are used to aid in the bodily function of the patient. These include anesthetic machines, dialysis machines, medical ventilators, heart-lung machines and ECMO
Diagnostic Equipment: These include machines required for medical imaging such as MRI and ultrasound machines, x-ray machines and CT and PET scanner.
Medical Laboratory Equipment: These are used to analyze urine and blood.
Therapeutic Equipment: Medical lasers, infusion pumps and LASIK surgical equipments fall under this category.
Medical Monitors: These are used to measure dissolved gases in the blood, blood pressure, EEG and ECG.
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