Category:Biomedical equipment

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Equipment used in a biomedical settings, such as biomedical electrodes, implants and surgical instruments

Subcategories

• Biomedical electrodes - electrodes used to measure biological functions
• Biomedical telemetry - the use of implanted devices with low power demands to transmit data from a patient or organism to an external source
• Biomedical transducers - devices used to translate physiological signals into reliable data
• Catheters - tubes that can be inserted into any body cavity or vessel and that allow the removal or administration of fluids or access by surgical instruments
• Endoscopes - a device inserted directly into an organism used to "look inside" where direct line-of-sight examination is not possible
• Handicapped aids - tools or devices used to facilitate greater freedom or movement of handicapped persons
• Hypodermic needle - a hollow needle typically used with a syringe used to insert or extracts fluids from a body
• Implantable biomedical devices - a device which can be implanted directly into a body to repair or enhance a biological activity
• Implants - any device that can be placed in a body, for medical, decorative, monitoring, or other purposes
• Laparoscopes - a tool used to conduct a minimally invasive abdominal surgery through small incisions, usually attached to a camera
• Pacemakers - a medical device that uses electrodes to deliver electrical impulses to the heart muscles, regulating its beating
• Stethoscope - an acoustic device used for ausculation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal body,
• Surgical instruments - any instrument which can be used to conduct a surgical procedure