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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electrocautery

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

An instrument for cauterizing (burning with heat or chemical in order to close a wound) tissue in which a platinum wire is heated by a current of electricity.

embryo

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

The early products of conception; the undifferentiated beginnings of a baby; the conceptus.

embryologist

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

A scientist who is highly trained in embryo growth and development.

tubal abortion

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Tubal pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy in the Fallopian tube) that has extruded out of the fimbrial end of the oviduct.

tubal ligation

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

A type of female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are cut, clipped, or tied in order to prevent pregnancy.

tubocornual anastomosis

Medical devices; OBGYN equipment

Surgery performed to remove a blocked portion of the fallopian tube and to reconnect the tube to the uterus. Tubouterine implantation may also be performed to remove fallopian ...