Inventions

• C. 1280, spectacles
• 1540, artificial limb, by Ambroise Pare
• 1630, obstetric forceps, by Peter Chamberlen
• 1714, mercury thermometer, by Gabriel Fahrenheit
• 1775, bifocal lenses, by Benjamin Franklin
• 1792, ambulance, by Dominique Jean Larrey
• 1796, vaccination, by Edward Jenner
• 1816, stethoscope, by René Laennec
• 1817, dental plate, by Anthony Plantson
• 1853, hypodermic syringe, by Alexander Wood
• 1887, contact lens, by Adolf Fick
• 1895, X-ray, by Wilhelm Röntgen
• 1903, electrocardiograph, by Willem Einthoven
• 1956, endoscope, by Basil Hirschowitz
• 1957, artificial pacemaker, by C. Walton Lillehei and Earl Bakken
• 1958, ultrasound scan, by Ian Donald
• 1973, CT (CAT) scan, by Godfrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack
• 1982, artificial heart, by Robert Jarvik

"Medical equipment" , Some Examples

A Abductor wedge Air ioniser Air purifier Alyx Anemostat Ankle-foot orthosis Artificial limb Asthma spacer AutoAnalyzer Autoclave Autoclave tape Autoinjector Automated external defibrillator B Bag valve mask Banana bag Barouh Berkovits Becton Dickinson Bedpan Bili light Bioartificial liver device Biophone Biotelemetry Blood-sampling device Bodok seal Bone wax Brace (orthopaedic) C Cannula Cardiopulmonary bypass Cardiotocograph Carotid Doppler machine Cath lab Caustic pencil Cerebral shunt Cervical collar Clyster Contrast-enhanced ultrasound Cooling vest Crash cart Crosby-Kugler capsule Crutch Cutting balloon D Davis & Geck Defibrillation Demetech Diathermy Doppler fetal monitor Duoderm E Electric Heating Pouch Electromagnetic Diaphragm Emesis basin Endobronchial valve Endoscopy Endotracheal tube Esthesiometer Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation F Face shield Fetoscope Fetoscopy

F cont. Fiberscope Forceps in childbirth French catheter scale chart G Gait belt Gamgee Tissue Gauze Global Harmonization Task Force Guglielmi Detachable Coil H Halo (medicine) Heating pad Heparin-coated blood oxygenator High Frequency Ventilation Horsley-Clarke apparatus Hot water bottle Hoveround Human Dynamics, Inc. Hydrocollator Hyfrecator Hyperbaric medicine Hypodermic needle I Infusion pump J Jet injector Jet ventilation K Karman cannula Kelly (tool) Kidney dish L Laryngoscope Laser microtome Ligature (medicine) Lithotriptor Litter (rescue basket) Liver dialysis Luminetx Corporation Lung counter M MENS MedicAlert Medical equipment management Medical gloves Medical maggots Medical monitor Medical pipeline gas supply Medical thermometer Medical ultrasonography Medrad Inc. Membrane oxygenator Military Anti-Shock Trousers Mobility scooter Multileaf collimator N Nasal cannula Nasogastric intubation Nasopharyngeal airway Nebulizer Needle gauge comparison chart O Orchidometer Orthopaedic footwear Orthosis Osteomed Ostomy pouching system Otoscope Oxygen concentrator Oxygen mask P PFLEX Palatal obturator

P cont. Patient lift Peak flow meter Pedorthist Peep Valve Pegleg Pessary Pill splitting Plethysmograph Pocket mask Positive airway pressure Prosorba column Prosthesis Punctal plugs R Reflex hammer Respironics, Inc. Resuscitator S SAM Splint Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy Scrubs (clothing) Sengstaken-Blakemore tube Sensitive Skin Sharko Shower Silvercel Simple face mask Smart Shirt Smart wheelchair Sound (medical instrument) Speculum (medical) Sphygmomanometer Spinal cord stimulator Standing frame Stethoscope Stretcher Support surface Surgical cast Surgical mask Surgical tourniquet Syrette Syringe Sysmex XT-2000i T Tonometry Tourniquet Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator Transtibial prosthesis Trocar Truss (medicine) Tubex U Unna's boot Urine collection device V Vacutainer Vaginal ring Varian Medical Systems Ventouse Venturi mask Videoscope Vista imaging W Wartenberg wheel Watson capsule Weevac 6 Wheelbench Wheelchair

Medical Equipment is......................

Medical equipment is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions. These devices are usually designed with rigorous safety standards.

There are several basic types:

• Diagnostic equipment includes medical imaging machines, used to aid in diagnosis. Examples are ultrasound and MRI machines, PET and CT scanners, and x-ray machines.
• Therapeutic equipment includes infusion pumps, medical lasers and LASIK surgical machines.
• Life support equipment is used maintain a patient's bodily function. These include medical ventilators, heart-lung machines, ECMO, and dialysis machines.
• Medical monitors allow medical staff to measure a patient's medical state. Monitors may measure patient vital signs and other parameters including ECG, EEG, blood pressure, and dissolved gases in the blood.
• Medical laboratory equipment automates or help analyze blood, urine and genes.
• Diagnostic Medical Equipment may also be used in the home for certain purposes, e.g. for the control of diabetes mellitus

A Biomedical equipment technician or BMET is a vital component of the healthcare delivery system. Employed primarily by hospitals, BMETs are the people responsible for maintaining a facility's medical equipment.

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