Definition of medical equipment
Medical equipment is the most basic elements of medical care, scientific research, teaching, institutions, clinical disciplines work, that is, including professional medical equipment, but also includes home medical equipment. It is the basic conditions to continuously improve the level of medical science and technology, but also an important symbol of the degree of modernization, medical equipment has become an important area of modern medicine. At present, the development of medical treatment depends largely on the development of instruments, and even in the development of the medical industry, its breakthrough bottleneck also plays a decisive role.
Definition of medical devices
Medical devices are instruments, equipment, appliances, materials or other items that are used in the human body, either alone or in combination, and also include the required software. The therapeutic effect on the human body surface and in the body is not obtained by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, but rather the medical device product plays a supporting role. During use, it is intended to achieve the following intended purposes: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and mitigation of disease; diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, mitigation, and compensation for injury or disability; study, substitution, and regulation of anatomical or physiological processes; and pregnancy control.
Editing the classification of medical equipment and medical devices
Classification of medical equipment
Currently, there are three major categories of medical equipment more advocated classification, namely, diagnostic equipment class, therapeutic equipment class and auxiliary equipment class. First, diagnostic equipment can be divided into eight categories: X-ray diagnostic equipment, ultrasound diagnostic equipment, functional inspection equipment, endoscopy equipment, nuclear medicine equipment, experimental diagnostic equipment and diagnostic pathology equipment. Second, the therapeutic equipment category can be divided into 10 categories: ward care equipment (hospital beds, trolleys, oxygen cylinders, gastric lavage machines, needleless syringes, etc.); surgical equipment (surgical beds, lighting equipment, surgical instruments and a variety of tables, shelves, stools, cabinets, but also microsurgical equipment); radiation therapy equipment (contact therapy machines, superficial therapy machines, depth therapy machines, gas pedals, 60 cobalt therapy machines, radium or 137 cesium intracavity therapy (and after loading device treatment, etc.); nuclear medicine treatment equipment - treatment method of internal irradiation therapy, dressing therapy and colloid therapy three; physical and chemical equipment (at present can be broadly divided into phototherapy business, electrotherapy equipment, ultrasound therapy and sulfur therapy equipment 4 categories); laser equipment - medical laser generator (at present commonly used ruby laser, helium-neon laser, carbon dioxide laser, argon ion laser and YAG laser, etc.); laser equipment - medical laser generator (at present commonly used ruby laser, helium-neon laser, carbon dioxide laser, argon ion laser and YAG laser, etc.); dialysis treatment equipment (commonly used artificial kidneys are flat artificial kidney and tubular artificial kidney two categories); body temperature freezing equipment (semiconductor cold knife, gas cold knife and solid cold knife, etc.); first aid equipment (cardiac defibrillation pacing equipment, artificial respiratory machine, ultrasonic nebulizers, etc.); other therapeutic equipment (hyperbaric oxygen chambers, high-frequency electrochromic apparatus for ophthalmology, electromagnetic iron absorber, vitreous cutter, Blood adult separator, etc.). This all belongs to the special treatment equipment, if necessary, can also be divided into a separate category. Third, auxiliary equipment can be divided into the following categories: disinfection and sterilization equipment, refrigeration equipment, central suction and oxygen system, air-conditioning equipment, pharmaceutical machinery and equipment, blood bank equipment, medical data processing equipment, medical video camera equipment.
Classification of medical equipment
Hospitals have medical equipment can be divided into three categories, namely, diagnostic, therapeutic two categories and the necessary medical equipment for each class of the different requirements of the classification. First, diagnostic equipment can be divided into the following categories: physical diagnostic instruments (thermometers, blood pressure meters, microscopes, audiometers, a variety of physiological recorders, etc.), imaging (X-ray machines, CT scans, magnetic *** vibration, ultrasound, etc.), analytical instruments (all types of counters, biochemical, immunoassay instruments, etc.), electrophysiology (such as electrocardiograms, EEG, electromyography machine, etc.). Second, the therapeutic equipment can be divided into the following categories: general surgical instruments, light-guided surgical instruments (fiberoptic endoscopy, laser therapy machine, etc.); auxiliary surgical instruments (such as various anesthesia machines, respiratory machines, extracorporeal circulation, etc.); radiation therapy machinery (such as deep X-ray therapy machine, cobalt 60 therapy machines, gas pedals, gamma-code knife, a variety of isotopes, etc.); and other categories (microwave, hyperbaric oxygen, etc.). Third, the hospital necessary medical equipment class requirements can be divided into three categories of the following categories: Class I, Class II and Class III. That is, Class I refers to the routine management is sufficient to ensure its safety, effectiveness of medical devices; Class II refers to its safety, effectiveness should be controlled medical devices; Class III refers to the implantation of the human body, for the support and maintenance of life; the human body has a potential danger and its safety, effectiveness must be strictly controlled medical devices. It is worth noting that if a medical device contains Class I and Class II, then the medical device is Class II. If a medical device contains Class II and Class III, then this medical device belongs to Class III. By analogy, one can come to the same conclusion.
Editing the correlation between medical equipment and medical devices
Broadly speaking, medical equipment includes medical devices, home medical equipment, while specialized medical equipment does not include home medical equipment devices. It can be seen that they are closely linked at the same time, but also a containment relationship, subtle differences are not difficult to see.