Portal:Medical Devices

The Global Health Medical Device Compendium is an inventory of medical devices designed for use and/or implemented within resource-limited settings.

The compendium is sortable by health topic (e.g., Malaria and HIV/AIDS), classification (i.e., Preventative, Diagnosis or Treatment), scope (i.e., Prototype, Clinical trial, Commercialized) and location (by continent). New devices can be added using Form:Medical Device.

The following table shows three devices per medical topic. You can also drill down by topic, classification, scope and/or location.

Cardiovascular diseases Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Clinitek Microalbumin Strips Diagnosis Commercialized Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America IStethoscope Diagnosis Commercialized Europe Low-Cost Nano Sensor to Diagnose Heart Attack Diagnosis Prototype Asia ... further results

Child mortality Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Acuset IV Flow Controller Preventative Commercialized Africa Asia North America South America Antiretroviral Pouch Preventative Clinical trial Africa BD SoloShot LX Preventative Commercialized Africa Asia South America ... further results

HIV/AIDS Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location CD4 Initiative Test Diagnosis Clinical trial Africa Daktari CD4 Diagnosis Clinical trial Africa DoubleCheckGold HIV 1 Diagnosis Commercialized Africa ... further results

Malaria Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location CO2-Baited CDC Light Trap Preventative Commercialized Africa Asia Cell Phone Malaria Detector Diagnosis Prototype Africa Asia South America CellScope Diagnosis Prototype Africa Asia South America ... further results

Maternal mortality Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location 3M Tempa Dot Thermometers Diagnosis Commercialized Aerosol Oxytocin Delivery System Preventative Clinical trial Africa Asia Anti-Shock Garment (aka Life Wrap) Treatment Clinical trial Africa Asia ... further results

Physical disabilities Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location 2 FT Prosthetics Treatment Prototype Africa Asia South America Adjustable Bicycle Limb Treatment Prototype Africa Asia South America EB1 Foot Treatment Commercialized Africa Asia ... further results

Respiratory Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Human Powered Nebulizer Diagnosis Treatment Clinical trial Africa Asia South America

Road traffic accidents Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia System Treatment Commercialized Africa Asia Australia Europe Namibian Bicycle Ambulance Preventative Prototype Africa SIGN IM Nail Preventative Treatment Commercialized Asia South America

Tuberculosis Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Amplified Fluorescence by Transmitted Excitation of Radiation (AFTER) Diagnosis Commercialized Draper TB Breathalyzer Diagnosis Prototype E-Nose Diagnosis Prototype Asia ... further results

Type II Diabetes Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location ANSiscope Diagnosis Commercialized Africa Asia Clinitek Microalbumin Strips Diagnosis Commercialized Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America DeNovo Meter Diagnosis Clinical trial South America ... further results

Waterborne diseases Medical Devices Image Classification Scope Location Cloth (Sari) Filtration Preventative Commercialized Africa Asia South America CooKit Preventative Commercialized Africa Asia South America Crystal VC Diagnosis Commercialized Africa Asia ... further results

Usage

• Use Form:Medical Device to add new Medical Devices.
  • Which populates the free text input with MediaWiki:Medical Device form preload.
• They use Template:Medical Device.
  • What adds all new Devices to Category:Medical Devices. All pages in Category:Medical Devices are edited with the form.
• Devices have the following Properties:
  • Property:Medical Device Topic
  • Property:Medical Device Classification
  • Property:Medical Device Scope
  • Property:Medical Device Location
• Special:Ask can be used to semantically search Medical Devices and build Queries, such as:
  • Malaria Medical Devices
• Use http://www.appropedia.org/Special:BrowseData/Medical_Devices?_single to browse using multiple aspects.

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