Diagnostic Equipments are the ones which would help a doctor to diagnose a medical condition or to also run through check ups. This variety mainly consists of machines used for Medical Imaging, including various kinds of ultrasound and MRI machines and also the other scanning devices such as the CT Scanners.

Then there are the therapeutic equipments that help a doctor to carry out a treatment on a patient for a particular medical condition or illness. These include instruments such as Medical Lasers and pumps and important surgical machines. The various sub units that fall under the artificial Life Support System are also medical equipments. Some of these equipments are the Medical Ventilators, the ECMO, the heart-lung machines and the dialysis machines. All these equipments help the body to maintain its bodily functions instead of the organ that is failing to perform.

There are monitoring machines also that fall under the category of medical equipment. These help to keep a patient’s health under check and monitored all the time. The monitors keep all the vital signs in check including the important parameters such as blood pressure, EEG and ECG etc.

There are also those kinds of equipment that help those working in the medical laboratories to analyze samples of blood, urine or DNA for medical data and such related.

There are also those medical devices which are used for patients living at home and being administered by the patient himself or by another caregiver or family member. Such devices are called Home Medical Equipments, as they are easy and safe to be used in the house without professional help. These are also often referred to as Durable Medical Equipment as they are meant to last long even though they may be repetitively used.   Examples of such medical equipment include, Artificial Limb, Medical Wheelchair, Air Purifier, Diabetic Shoes and Nebulizer etc.

For most of these Home Medical Equipments however, a doctor’s prescription would be needed for them to be obtained.