Medical devices

Medical devices

Any instrument, appliance or machine that facilitates the prevention,diagnosis and treatment of illness, physical or mental injury, by a medical professional.

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oxygenated

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Carrying oxygen with it. Blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to all body tissue is oxygenated blood.

pacemaker/pacing system

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An implantable system that includes a pulse generator (pacemaker) and one or two leads. The system delivers pacing pulses to the heart when the patient's own rate is too slow to ...

pacemaker/pacing lead

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An electrically insulated conductor that carries signals between the pulse generator (pacemaker) and the heart. Some leads enter the heart through a vein, and other leads attach ...

pacemaker, adaptive-rate

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

A pulse generator with one or two special sensors designed to recognize changes in the body, such as motion or respiratory patterns. The adaptive-rate pacemaker monitors these ...

pacemaker, dual-chamber

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

A pacemaker with two leads that can pace and/or sense in two chambers to correct slow heart rhythms. One lead is placed in the right atrium; the other is placed in the right ...

pacemaker, natural

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The heart's natural pacemaker, called the sinoatrial or S-A node, which is located in heart's upper right chamber, the right atrium. Electrical impulses originate in the S-A node, ...