Medical technology

• MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

• DEFINITION: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IS THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC BODY OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCED BY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.

• WHEN GROWTH IN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IS DEPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING MEDICAL CARE, IT LEADS TO:

• ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR A MORE PRECISE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS THAN WHAT HAD BEEN POSSIBLE EARLIER,

• MORE EFFECTIVE AND LESS INVASIVE THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

• MORE ADVANCED EQUIPMENT,
• MORE ADVANCED CARE DELIVERY SETTINGS AND PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES.

• TYPES OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES

• DIAGNOSTIC:
• CAT SCANNER
• FETAL MONITOR

• COMPUTERIZED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AUTOMATED CLINICAL LABORATORIES MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)

• AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR

• SURVIVAL (LIFE SAVING):
• INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)
• CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR)
• BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT

• LIVER TRANSPLANT
• AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT

• ILLNESS MANAGEMENT:
• RENAL DIALYSIS
• PACEMAKER

• PTCA (ANGIOPLASTY)
• STEREOTACTIC CINGULOTOMY

• HIP JOINT REPLACEMENT
• ORGAN TRANSPLANT
• LITHOTRIPTER

• PREVENTION:
• IMPLANTABLE AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILATOR