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Medical technology refers to the diagnostic or therapeutic application of science and technology to improve the management of health conditions. Technologies may encompass any means of identifying the nature of conditions to allow intervention with devices, pharmacological, biological or other methods to increase life span and/or improve the quality of life. The three largest companies active in this sector are Siemens A.G., GE, and Philips.
New Technology
New technical and medical developments, discoveries, and devices have a direct influence on the medical assistant's professional duties and responsibilities. Medical assistants function as major contributors in the modern health care industry, in particular the medical office, clinics, and other areas where they must understand and know how to operate and maintain a wide variety of medical devices.
September 18, 2006 from YouTube.com by schellyge
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A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part, or accessory which is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or intended to affect the structure or any function of the body, and which does not achieve any of its primary intended purposes through chemical action within or on the body.