Types


Medical equipment (also known as armamentarium) is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.
Types
  • Diagnostic equipment includes medical imaging machines, used to aid in diagnosis. Examples are ultrasound and MRI machines, PET and CT scanners, and x-ray machines.
  • Treatment equipment includes infusion pumps, medical lasers and LASIK surgical machines.
  • Life support equipment is used to maintain a patient's bodily function. This includes medical ventilators, incubators, anaesthetic machines, heart-lung machines, ECMO, and dialysis machines.
  • Medical monitors allow medical staff to measure a patient's medical state. Monitors may measure patient vital signs and other parameters including ECG, EEG, and blood pressure.
  • Medical laboratory equipment automates or helps analyze blood, urine, genes, and dissolved gases in the blood.
  • Diagnostic Medical Equipment may also be used in the home for certain purposes, e.g. for the control of diabetes mellitus
  • Therapeutic: physical therapy machines like continuous passive range of motion (CPM) machines
There are several basic types:
A biomedical equipment technician (BMET) is a vital component of the healthcare delivery system. Employed primarily by hospitals, BMETs are the people responsible for maintaining a facility's medical equipment. BMET mainly act as an interface between doctor and equipment.
The company was based in Salt Lake City, Utah and manufactured a variety of CRT display terminals in the 1970s and 1980s.
At its peak, Beehive employed 400 people. In 1980, the company opened a plant in Ireland.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in October 1984 and emerged from Chapter 11 in 1985.
Beehive outsourced production to Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG in West Germany in July, 1988. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in November 1988 and the assets were auctioned off in January, 1989.
The terminal models included the ATL-008, MiniBee, the SuperBee and the B-100. The B-100 was also provided to original equipment manufacturers for rebranding. The Cromemco 3101 terminal is a rebranded B-100.

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