Revista de Ingeniería Biomédica y Dispositivos Médicos
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An Overview of Medical Equipment Classifications

Abdulhameed Habeeb Alghanimi

This study dealing with medical equipment definitions, main parts, work, and its classifications depending on how to classify it and the aim of this classification. The doctors (end users), biomedical engineers (provider or maintenance), and clinic administrators (needs of patients) all one of them have their classifications. Also, the medical equipment can be classified according to its importance and risky or according to its principle of work. In this paper some of these classifications have been listed and explained briefly, also a flowchart for this classification has been illustrated. Finally, the study will be shown the major and most benefit classification.