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| Concept | Node type | Base domain | Identifier |
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| Bone Plates Implantable fracture fixation devices attached to bone fragments with screws to bridge the fracture gap and shield the fracture site from stress as b… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070183 |
| Bone Screws Specialized devices used in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY to repair bone fractures. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070184 |
| Bone Wires Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the applic… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070186 |
| Bone-Anchored Prosthesis A prosthesis designed to attach directly to the bone via fixtures implanted into the bone rather than a socket. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070170 |
| Bone-Implant Interface Region of interaction between the bone and PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS which becomes bonded through cellular and extracellular interactions similar to OS… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070171 |
| Braces Orthopedic appliances used to support, align, or hold parts of the body in correct position. (Dorland, 28th ed) | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070258 |
| Brain-Computer Interfaces Instrumentation consisting of hardware and software that communicates with the BRAIN. The hardware component of the interface records brain signals, … | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070075 |
| Breast Implants Implants used to reconstruct and/or cosmetically enhance the female breast. They have an outer shell or envelope of silicone elastomer and are filled… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070172 |
| Bronchoscopes Endoscopes for the visualization of the interior of the bronchi. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070040 |
| Canes Sticks used as walking aids. The canes may have three or four prongs at the end of the shaft. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070251 |
| Cannula Short, hollow cylinders or tubes for insertion into a canal, vessel, or body cavity. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070015 |
| Capillary Tubing Hollow cylindrical objects with an internal diameter that is small enough to fill by and hold liquids inside by CAPILLARY ACTION. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070013 |
| Capsule Endoscopes A pill sized videocamera encased in a capsule. It is designed to be swallowed and subsequently traverse the gastrointestinal tract while transmitting… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070045 |
| Cardiac Catheters Catheters inserted into various locations within the heart for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070019 |
| Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices Types of artificial pacemakers with implantable leads to be placed at multiple intracardial sites. They are used to treat various cardiac conduction … | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070091 |
| Casts, Surgical Dressings made of fiberglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of … | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070255 |
| Catgut Sterile collagen strands obtained from healthy mammals. They are used as absorbable surgical ligatures and are frequently impregnated with chromium o… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070266 |
| Catheter Obstruction A hindrance to the passage of fluids through a CATHETER. | Biomedical device or system | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:050450 |
| Catheters A flexible, tubular device that is used to carry fluids into or from a blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070014 |
| Catheters, Indwelling Catheters designed to be left within an organ or passage for an extended period of time. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070016 |
| Cathode Ray Tube A vacuum tube equipped with an electron emitting CATHODE and a fluorescent screen which emits visible light when excited by the cathode ray. Cathode … | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070076 |
| Central Venous Catheters Catheters that are inserted into a large central vein such as a SUBCLAVIAN VEIN or FEMORAL VEIN. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070020 |
| Chest Tubes Plastic tubes used for drainage of air or fluid from the pleural space. Their surgical insertion is called tube thoracostomy. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070248 |
| Child Restraint Systems Devices used to protect and restrain infant and child automotive passengers. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070130 |
| Clinical Alarms Components of medical instrumentation used for physiological evaluation of patients, that signal when a threshold value is reached. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070035 |
| Cochlear Implants Electronic hearing devices typically used for patients with normal outer and middle ear function, but defective inner ear function. In the COCHLEA, t… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070087 |
| Colonic Pouches Sacs or reservoirs created to function in place of the COLON and/or RECTUM in patients who have undergone restorative proctocolectomy (PROCTOCOLECTOM… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070279 |
| Colonoscopes Specially designed endoscopes for visualizing the interior surface of the colon. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070046 |
| Colposcopes Instruments inserted into the vagina for examination of the tissues of the vagina and cervix by means of a magnifying lens. | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070041 |
| Communication Devices for People with Disabilities Equipment that provides mentally or physically disabled persons with a means of communication. The aids include display boards, computers, and speech… | Medical Device | Medical Device | AMW:TECH:070236 |