MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS
Q1. Who introduced the sterilization of surgical instruments at the hospitals?
Joseph Lister.
Q2. Which metal is used most in making surgical instruments?
Cobalt.
Q3. What is "Cyberknife"?
Robotic Radio Surgery equipment - a surgical equipment for cancer treatment.
Q4. What machine is used for breaking the kidney stones using shock waves?
Lithotripsy.
Q5. On what principle endoscopy is based on?
Total Internal Reflection.
Q6. List of Medical Equipments.
ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY: A device containing tubes of chambers of a special membrane immersed in a bath of dialyzing solutions, used to remove waste material from the blood of patients whose kidneys are malfunctioning.
BRONCHIOSCOPE: An instrument with a lighted tube which is passed through the Trachea (weird pipe) for examination of the air tubes and lungs.
CYSTOSCOPE: An instrument for examining the inside of the urinary bladder.
CAT SCANNER (COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY): A machine for photographing a selected place of the human body using X-rays. It is a ring shaped X-ray machine that rotates through 180 degree around the patient who lies on a horizontal plane, making numerous X-ray measurements at every few degrees. The data is processed by a computer to produce the final image.
DEFIBRILLATOR: An instrument for restoration of rhythmical heart beat by electrical stimulation in case of fibrillation (rapid uncoordinated heart breathing) which is a dangerous condition.
ELECTRO CARDIOGRAPH: ECG- An instrument for geographically recording from the body surface variations in electrical potential produced by the rhythmic contractions of the heart. Used to check heart ailments.
EEG - ELECTRO ENCEPHALOGRAPH: An instrument to record changes in electrical potential in various areas of the brain by means of electrodes placed on the scalp or on the brain itself.
ENDOSCOPE: Used for internal examination by direct vision through a lighted tube fitted with a system of lenses.
GASTROSCOPE: An instrument fitted with a tube of light, passed through the gullet (Oesophagus - food pipe) to inspect the lining of the stomach.
HEART LUNG MACHINE: A machine comprising a system of pumps which takes over surgery and circulates the blood around the body. The machine also takes over the function of the lungs in supplying fresh oxygen to the blood.
LAPROSCOPE: An instrument used for the examination of the abdominal cavity.
OLFACTOMETER: Instrument for testing sense organs.
OPTHALMOSCOPE: A device to inspect the inside of the eye to diagnose eye ailments.
OXYGENATOR: A device for introducing oxygen into blood during circulation outside the body, like, in open heart surgery.
RACHIOMETER: An instrument used to measure the spinal curvature.
SPHYGMOMANOMETER: An instrument used to measure blood pressure.
SHYGMOMETER: An instrument used to measure pulse rate.
STETHOSCOPE: The primary instrument used to study heart beats and lung functions.
HAEMOCYATOMETER: Instrument used for RBC counting.
THERMOMETER: Filled with mercury. In the olden days brandy was used. Used to measure body temperature.
SCALPEL: Surgical knife.
SPIROMETER: To measure the amount of air exchanges during breathing.
PACEMAKER: An instrument implanted near the heart to make the heart beat at a steady rate.
AED - AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR: A portable electronic device which can automatically diagnose life threatening cardiac arrests.
