Cardiothoracic surgeon

A professional who performs surgery to correct deformities, repair injuries, prevent diseases, and improve function in patients. Responsibilities include: * Examines patient to ...

surgeon

Language; Dictionaries

One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, ...

surgeon

Health care; Surgery

A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity via operative or manual methods to physically change body tissues. The definition of surgeon has begun to blur in recent years ...

instructions for use

Biotechnology; Health care; Life Sciences; Medical; Biochemistry; Biofuel; Biomedical; Behavioral science

"a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it" Essential Requirements - Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC - Annex I, 13.1: Each ...

description

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description a statement presenting something in words, from verb describe

scar

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

An area of tissue that has healed after tissue destruction has occurred. It is electrically inactive. Electrically inactive tissue cannot transmit electrical signals.

sensing

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The monitoring function of an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator system that allows the device to detect the heart's natural electrical activity.

sensor

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The part of an implanted system that detects the body's need for a different heart rate. The system uses sensor information to provide the proper heart rate.

septum

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.

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DNA hard drive

A digital storage device that is capable of storing huge amounts of data using the same method evolved by nature to write and read computer data. The ...