MEDICAL-DEVICE

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MEDICAL-DEVICE

Definition: Device used for medical purposes

Conceptual Structures
ISA	DEVICE
SUBCLASSES	DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-ENERGY-USED MEDICAL-AID SURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES
DESCENDANTS	ANALGESIC-PUMP BANDAGE BRICKER'S-POUCH BRONCHOFIBERSCOPE BRONCHOSCOPE BROVIAC-CATHETER CARBON-DIOXIDE-LASER CAT-SCANNER CATHETER CAUTERY-KNIFE COBALT-BOMB COLD-COMPRESS COLONOSCOPE COLPOSCOPE CULDOSCOPE CURETTE CYSTOSCOPE DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-ENERGY-USED DRAIN DUODENOSCOPE ELECTRO-LARYNX ENDOSCOPE EPIDURAL-CATHETER ESOPHAGOSCOPE EXOPHTALMOMETER EYEDROPPER FIBEROPTIC-ENDOSCOPE FIBEROPTIC-INSTRUMENT FLOW-CYTOMETER FLUOROSCOPE FOLEY-CATHETER GAMMA-CAMERA GAMMA-KNIFE GASTRIC-TUBE GASTROSCOPE GONIOSCOPE HICKMAN-CATHETER HYSTEROSCOPE INDWELLING-CATHETER INFUSE-A-PORT JAMSHIDI-NEEDLE LAPAROSCOPE LARYNGEAL-MIRROR LARYNGOSCOPE LINEAR-ACCELERATOR MEDIASTINOSCOPE MEDICAL-AID NASOGASTRIC-TUBE NASOPHARINGOSCOPE NEEDLE OMMAYA-RESERVOIR OPHTALMOSCOPE OPTHALMOSCOPE OTOSCOPE PERITONEOSCOPE PROCTOSCOPE PROSTHESIS RIGID-ENDOSCOPE SCALP-TOURNIQUET SENOGRAPH SIGMOIDOSCOPE SILICONE-IMPLANT SPECULUM STETHOSCOPE STRETCHER SURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES SYRINGE TREPHINE URETEROPYLOSCOPE
ANCESTORS	ALL ARTIFACT DEVICE INANIMATE OBJECT PHYSICAL-OBJECT SEPARABLE-ENTITY
RELATIONS	USED-IN-THE-DIAGNOSTIC-TEST-FOR : DISEASE-EVENT USED-IN-THE-TREATMENT-OF : HAVE-NEOPLASM
INHERITED RELATIONS	CONTAINED-IN : PHYSICAL-OBJECT (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) MANUFACTURED-CONTAINER (by default) (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) ELEMENT-OF : DIAGNOSTIC-DEVICE-BY-BODY-PART-INSPECTED (from ARTIFACT ) INSTRUMENT-OF : EVENT (from DEVICE ) LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) MADE-OF : METAL (from DEVICE ) PLASTIC (from DEVICE ) OBJECT-NAME : NAME (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT ) OPERATED-BY : HUMAN (from ARTIFACT ) OWNED-BY : HUMAN (from ARTIFACT ) PART-OF : ARTIFACT (from ARTIFACT ) PRODUCT-TYPE-OF : ORGANIZATION (from ARTIFACT ) THEME-OF : EVENT (from DEVICE )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	AGE : >=0 (from ARTIFACT ) COLOR : GRAY (from ARTIFACT ) MAGENTA (from ARTIFACT ) TAN (from ARTIFACT ) GREEN (from ARTIFACT ) CYAN (from ARTIFACT ) RED (from ARTIFACT ) BLUE (from ARTIFACT ) ORANGE (from ARTIFACT ) YELLOW (from ARTIFACT ) PURPLE (from ARTIFACT ) PRODUCTION-MODE : MECHANICAL (from ARTIFACT ) AUTOMATED (from ARTIFACT ) MANUAL (from ARTIFACT ) SIZE : <=0>=1000000 (from PHYSICAL-OBJECT )