Costa Rica Medical Technology

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Running Head: Costa Rica and Medical Technology History of Medical Technology Medical technology has been around for thousands of years. Over time, with improvements in technology and our understanding of body, medical technology has grown much more advanced. Over 4600 ancient Egyptians were performing simple surgeries. (DeMiranda,Doggett & Evans, 2005) In the past two hundred years, medical technology has allowed the medical profession to view and measure the body’s interior. The stethoscope was invented in 1816. In the 1850s physicians invented the ophthalmoscope and laryngoscope then a few decades later, x-rays were used in medical imaging. In the first decade of the 20th century, electrocardiography and electroencephalography were discovered. In the 1940s the introduction of the dialysis machine and lens. In the 1970s medical research adapted computers that advanced medical technology by performing complex calculations, keeping records via artificial intelligence, and controlling the instruments that often sustain life. Medical technology provides prosthetic devices such as artificial heart valves, artificial blood vessels, functional electromechanical limbs, and reconstructive skeletal joints. (Lalan,Ponercan,&Vacanti, 2001)These innovations are the results of advances in science. Medical technology advances in the past surgery has exceeded the advancement during the previous 2000 years. (DeMiranda,Doggett,&Evans, 2005) [pic] What Is Medical Technology Medical technology encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and in many forms or another is used to diagnose, monitor, or treat every disease or condition that affected humans. (ADVAMED, 2009) These innovations within technology are continually improving the quality of healthcare delivered to patients. These innovations are allowing for earlier diagnosis, less

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