MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

 


Alpha - Wave Inducer

The Alpha Wave Inducer is a device meant to induce sleep in most humanoids. It is not meant to replace natural sleep, and cannot be used frequently. Itt is an electronic version of an anesthetic. Subject enters a deep dreamless sleep during which surgical procedures can be carried out without causing pain to the subject.



Anabolic Protoplasers

These devices are used to heal internal and external body damage without the need of opening the body cavity of the patient to effect repairs. They use small forcefields, phase-modulated lasers, and anabolic accelerators to quickly heal injuries without scarring. They come in a variety of sizes for different repairs.

Smaller units are useful for fine work involving the eyes and ears, while larger units heal cuts and even broken bones.

They temporarily confer the advantage of Instant Regeneration to the area treated, but cannot replace surgery in serious injuries. For example, if used on a very deep stab wound, they could seal the damaged tissues and prevent further blood loss, but a subcutaneous hole would remain unless closed with surgery.

This device will not repair incidental damage resulting from the original injury. For example, an officer who has been stabbed may have the wound repaired in sickbay in 15 minutes, but will still have to deal with the blood loss.


ARA Scan

Medical scan that can be used to determine the truthfulness of a Humanoid subject


Autosuture

An Autosuture is used to close wounds in patients. It has the same function as 20th-century sutures. It is similar to the Anabolic Protoplaser.


Bandages

Starfleet's Medical department has a wide variety of bandage options. Simple bandages made of sterile, inert materials that do not bind with clotting wounds are common. Dermapatch is available in a spray applicator, or in larger pre-formed pieces.


Basilar Arterial Scan

Medical diagonistic test. A basilar arterial scan evaluates the arteries in the brainsteam


Berylite Scan

Medical proceedure used aboard Federation starships


Bicaridine Treatment

Regenerative therapy for fracture patients. It is used for patients who are allergic to Metorapan.


Biobed

This is an orthopedically-designed hospital bed which has an array of biofunction sensors that monitor all bodily systems. The bed is raised to allow the doctor to comfortably examine the patient. It has a graphic display at the head which gives the patient's current status. Restraining fields are available on some models.


Bioimplant

Artificial organic material that can be surgically implanted into the person's body to replace damaged tissue.


Bioregenerative Field

A Bioregenerative Field is an energy field used to accelerate cellular growth. It temporarily confers the advantage of Regeneration on the patient. A sterilite unit is typically used during this procedure to keep infection from being multiplied by the Bioregenerative Field.


Blood - Gas Infuser

Medical instrument used to stabilize oxygen levels of a patient in respiratory distress


Blood Screening

Medical test used by Federation personnel to identify shape - shifters.


Brain - Circuitry Pattern

Medical diagonistic image mapping neural activity in a humaniod brain


Cardiostimulators

This is a defibrillator that can also restart a stopped heart. Unlike current defibrillators, this device will not damage surface tissues.


Cortical Stimulator

The Cortical Stimulator provides a method of resuscitation for patients. It is particularly effective for head injuries and comatose patients. It is an electronic version of Tricordrazine.


Cytoplasmic Stimulator

A Cytoplasmic Stimulator is used to stabilize cellular toxicity levels in a patient


Delta - Wave Inducer

Medical instrument used to induce sleep.


Dermal regenerator

Starfleet medical instrument used to repair damaged epidermal tissue


Detronal Scanner

Medical instrument used to read and encode the DNA patterns of living tissue.


Drechtal Beam

Surgical device used to sever neural connections.


Dynametric Array

Scientific analytical tool.


Dynoscanner

Sensor device used to detect low-level molecular activity.


EMH

Emergency Medical Hologram. Holographic program available on some Federation starships, intended as a short term supplement to medical personnel in emergency situations. The EMH manifests himself as a humaniod physician, and can treat virtually any injury or known disease, but could function in areas equipped with jolographic projectors. The EMH was developed by Doctor Lewis Zimmerman at Starfleet's Jupiter Station. The EMH program causes holographic projectors to not only generate an image of a person, but also creates a magnetic containment field , within which electrmagnetic energy is trapped, thereby giving the Doctor the ability to physically manipulate real objects such as patients, and medical instruments.


Exoscalpel

An electronic relative of a 20th-century scalpel. It is escentially an electronic knife.


Genetronic Replicator

An experimental medical device used to stimulate the genetic code of an individual into growing whatever types of cells are needed by the patients. It temporarily confers the advantage of Instant Regeneration on patients.


Hypospray

The Hypospray is a hand-held device used for subcutaneous and intravenous administration of carefully-controlled dosages of medication on a subject. The Hypospray injects the subject by use of a pinpoint, high-pressure, low-volume, microscopic, aerosuspension stream. It allows medication to be given through the skin or clothing without mechanical penetration. It takes one second to remove and one to replace a medicine vial. The air cartridge is good for 100 injections. It takes one second to remove and one second to replace the air cartridge. Weight is 1/2 lb.


Medical Tricorders

The Medical Tricorder is a modified TR-580 with an extra external medical probe and scanner attachment. It has the following capabilities:

Biosampler
Bioscanner
Chemscanner
Datalink
Environmental Analysis
Medscanner
Multiscanner
Radscanner

For its size, the Medical Tricorder can maintain and store vast amounts of data in its own memory, which it uses to help evaluate conditions on site.The Medical Tricorder has an external hand-held sensing device.

This peripheral contains over 100 sensors, and the Tricorder contains a specialized medical database that provides detailed medical diagnostic tools in the field including tomographic and micrographic imaging. A small diagnosis wand fits into the top of the peripheral and is occasionally used by the physician to provide close high-resolution scans.

Together, these sensors allow the Medical Tricorder to make very detailed diagnosis on known species. On unknown species, it is limited to telling if the life-form is sick or dying. A detailed analysis is not possible in such a situation. Effective range is about three yards.


Microtome

An electronic instrument used to cut very thin sections of organic tissue for microscopic examinations. Useful to acquire samples of diseased tissue for medical analysis. It is essentially the same as 20th-century Microtome.


Motor Assist Bands

An electronic strap attached to damaged limbs of patients which increase the neurological impulses provided by the patient to the damaged limb. Useful forrehabilitation.


Nanosurgeons

A suspension of nanotechnological assemblies that are typically used to survey cellular genetic damage and effect repairs.

They report to, and are monitored by, the attending physician. Nanosurgeons are useful to repair additional damage that drugs (for example) cannot affect.


Neural Transducer

Medical devices that provide the same function as the Motor Assist Bands above, but are temporarily and/or permanently implanted in patients to increase
transmission of neural impulses from the brain to whatever area of the body the Transducers are attached to. They are frequently used for spinal cord damage
patients.


Neural Stimulator

This device "jumpstarts" the Central Nervous System of patients who has suffered some form of neuro-synaptic failure. They are frequently used to help in attempts to revive unconscious and/or comatose
patients.This is particularly useful to treat a patient who has suffered CNS shock from the higher settings of a Phaser.


Neurolink

Allows a healthy "donor" to take over autonomic functions for a patient suffering from brain stem damage. One link is attached to the head of the "donor" and the other on the head of the patient. Upon activation, the autonomic functions of the donor control the patient's heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, etc.


Osteotractors

These are medical tractor fields used to set and immobilize a broken bone prior to treatment with a Protoplaser. They act as a temporary cast during treatment.


Physician's Medikit

The Physician's Medikit is a small, strap-on case designed to carry emergency medical supplies.

A Full Standard kit would include:

1 - Anabolic Protoplaser (see above)
1 - Bandage assortment (see above)
1 - Cardiostimulator (see above)
2 - Hyposprays (see above)
1 - Medical Tricorder (see above)
1 - Neural Stimulator (see above)
1 - Respirator
1 - Sampling kit

and the following medications:

5 - Vials of Delactovine
5 - Vials of Tricordrazine
3 - Vials of Analgine
4 - Vials of Hyronalyn
3 - Vials of Panamyacin

All doses of any drug type are contained in vials that must be inserted into the Hypospray. The standard kit may be altered to suit missions or situations, but must be altered before the mission begins. For example, if the doctor knows that he is going into a combat zone, he may replace the 3 vials of Panamyacin with more
Hyronalyn or Analgine.


Physiostimulators

Used to increase metabolic functions in patients that show a decrease of those functions.


Plasma Infusion Unit

An instrument used for transfusions of blood, blood plasma, and/or electrolytes into patients that need them. It is used the same way blood transfusions in the 20th-century. The Plasma Infusion Unit also provides filtration of the material to be delivered.


Protodynoplaser

A device used to help in patient condition stabilization.


Psychotricorder

Similar to the standard Tricorder, the Psychotricorder can also be used to record past memories of a patient. Typically it is used to retrieve memories within the last 24 hours. See info on the Medical Tricorder and/or Tricorder for any further info.


Scalpels

There are three varieties to choose from: traditional cutting blades with a monomolecular edge, laser scalpels that cauterize as they cut, and nanotech scalpels that separate tissues along cellular lines without damage. Each has different uses.

Laser scalpels help the surgeon because of bloodlessness, but can dazzle anyone unwary enough to look into the beam, even though the scalpel can only cut within its focal length.

Monomolecular blades require no power supply and quickly slice through most matter with minimal effort.

Finally, Nanotech scalpels cause minimal disruption of tissue but operate slowly.

There is current research in an experimental scalpel that utilizes Transporter technology.


Sickbay Overhead Sensor Cluster

This is a circular arrangement of sensors located above the primary Bio-Bed in sickbay. It augments the sensors of the Bio-Bed, and also provides an emergency
containment field to prevent contamination.


Somnetic Inducer

A device used to induce sleep. Otherwise similar to the Alpha Wave Induction unit above.


Sonic Separator

A device used to separate tissues into very fine bundles. It is primarily used in brain operations, but is also useful in other areas of the body which have very small or very delicate parts.


Stasis Field Generator

This device is used in emergencies when a patient cannot be stabilized and requires treatment that is not immediately available. It significantly slows all biological activity within the perimeter of the field, placing the patient in a sort of suspended animation. The patient will not be aware of any passage of time while under the
influence of a stasis unit, since the biochemical activity of the patient's brain is effectively halted.


Surgical Support Frame

Surgical Support Frames attach to Bio-Beds providing aid and assistance during surgery and emergency life support. Littered with biosensors, the SSF has a large display of the surgical area.



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