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Classification of Surgical Equipments

There are several classes of surgical instruments:

• Graspers, such as forceps
• Clamps and occluders for blood vessels and other organs
• Retractors, used to spread open skin, ribs and other tissue
• Distractors, positioners and stereotactic devices
• Mechanical cutters (scalpels, lancets, drill bits, rasps, trocars, Ligasure, etc.)
• Dilators and specula, for access to narrow passages or incisions
• Suction tips and tubes, for removal of bodily fluids
• Sealing devices, such as surgical staplers
• Irrigation and injection needles, tips and tubes, for introducing fluid
• Tyndallers, to help "wedge" open damaged tissues in the brain.
• Powered devices, such as drills, dermatomes
• Scopes and probes, including fiber optic endoscopes and tactile probes
• Carriers and appliers for optical, electronic and mechanical devices
• Ultrasound tissue disruptors, cryotomes and cutting laser guides
• Measurement devices, such as rulers and calipers

An important relative distinction, regarding surgical instruments, is the amount of bodily disruption or tissue trauma that their use might cause the patient. Terms relating to this issue are 'atraumatic' and minimally invasive. Minimally invasive systems are an important recent development in surgery.

Surgical instrument

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

Some surgical instruments are designed for general use in surgery, while others are designed for a specific procedure or surgery.

Accordingly, the nomenclature of surgical instruments follows certain patterns, such as a description of the action it performs (for example, scalpel, hemostat), the name of its inventor(s) (for example, the Kocher forceps), or a compound scientific name related to the kind of surgery (for example, a tracheotome is a tool used to perform a tracheotomy).

The expression surgical instrumentation is somewhat interchangeably used with surgical instruments, but its meaning in medical jargon is really the activity of providing assistance to a surgeon with the proper handling of surgical instruments during an operation, by a specialized professional, usually a surgical technologist or sometimes a nurse or radiologic technologist.

Notable medical equipment companies

• Abbott Laboratories
• Cameron Health
• Cardinal Health, Columbus, Ohio
• Boston Scientific
• Beckman Coulter
• Dräger
• GE Healthcare
• Getinge Group
• Heine Optotechnik
• Johnson & Johnson
• MAQUET
• Medtronic
• Mindray
• Philips
• St. Jude Medical
• Siemens AG

Functions of Medical equipment

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

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 to maintain a patient's bodily function. This includes medical ventilators, anaesthetic machines, 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 helps 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 (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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A hospital, in the modern sense, is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often, but not always providing for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays. Its historical meaning, until relatively recent times, was "a place of hospitality", for example the Chelsea Royal Hospital, established in 1681 to house veteran soldiers.

Today, hospitals are usually funded by the public sector, by health organizations (for profit or nonprofit), health insurance companies or charities, including by direct charitable donations. Historically, however, hospitals were often founded and funded by religious orders or charitable individuals and leaders.

Conversely, modern-day hospitals are largely staffed by professional physicians, surgeons, and nurses, whereas in history, this work was usually performed by the founding religious orders or by volunteers. Today, there are various Catholic religious orders, such as the Alexians and the Bon Secours Sisters which still focus on hospital ministry.

There are over 17,000 hospitals in the world

Types of home medical equipment

• Air ioniser
• Air purifier
• Artificial limb
• Breast protheses
• Cannula
• Commodes
• CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Crutch
• Diabetic shoes
• Dynamic splint
• Enteral nutrition
• Elevating toilet seat
• Infusion pump
• Nasal cannula
• Nebulizer
• Orthosis
• Oxygen concentrator
• Patient lift
• Positive airway pressure (CPAP)
• Prosthesis
• Respiratory Assist devices
• Seat lift
• Walkers
• VacuPractor
• Wheelchair