Medical device

A medical device is any device intended to be used in the health care. 

Discovery of what would be considered a medical device by modern standards dates as far back as  in Baluchistan  where Neolithic dentists used flint-tipped drills and bowstrings. Study of archeology and Roman medical literature also indicate that many types of medical devices were in widespread use during the time of ancient Rome. 

Section 201(h) of the USA's Federal Food Drug &amp; Cosmetic (FD&amp;C) Act defines a device as an "instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part, or accessory which is medical equipment.

 Pictures of medical devices 

 Related pages 
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 Medical ultrasonography
 Obstetric sonography

 References 

Category:Medical equipment