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What Is Electromyography and How Muscles Are Tested

What electromyography is and how muscles are tested with needle and surface EMG, plus the amplifier specs, safety standa…

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Optometrist positioning a patient at a bowl-type visual field analyser in a clinic room

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

Visual Field Analysers Used in Glaucoma Detection Work

How visual field analysers support glaucoma detection, plus buyer guidance on perimetry strategies, software, calibratio…

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Patient blowing into a handheld spirometer mouthpiece while a nurse reviews the flow-volume curve

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

What Is a Spirometer and How Lung Capacity Is Tested

How a spirometer works and how lung capacity is tested, from FEV1 and FVC to sensor types, plus the calibration and infe…

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Optometrist measuring a patient's corneal curvature using a keratometer at a clinic slit-lamp statio

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

Keratometers Used in Corneal Curvature Measurement

How a keratometer measures corneal curvature, from K readings to topography, plus the range, repeatability and calibrati…

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Audiologist testing a patient wearing headphones inside a sound-treated audiometry booth

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

What Is Audiometry and How Clinical Hearing Tests Work

How audiometry and clinical hearing tests work, from pure-tone to speech testing, plus the transducer, booth and calibra…

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Audiologist performing a tympanometry test on a patient with a handheld tympanometer probe

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

Tympanometers Explained for Middle Ear Pressure Checks

How a tympanometer measures middle ear pressure, what tympanogram types mean, and the probe, calibration and consumable …

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Clinician holding a video laryngoscope beside an intubation trolley in a hospital theatre

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment17 Aug

What Is a Laryngoscope and How Airway Intubation Works

A clear guide to what a laryngoscope is and how airway intubation works, plus the blade, light, standards and infection-…

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Surgeon wearing a head-mounted camera and headlight recording an open procedure from a point-of-view

Medical Equipments,Surgical Equipment16 Aug

Surgical Headband Cameras Used for Procedure Recording

How surgical headband cameras record procedures from the surgeon's viewpoint: resolution, comfort, sterility, connectivi…

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Clinician using a direct ophthalmoscope to examine the retinal fundus at the back of a patient's eye

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment16 Aug

Ophthalmoscopes Used for Retinal Fundus Examination

A UK buyer's guide to ophthalmoscopes for retinal fundus examination: direct versus indirect types, key specs, standards…

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Patient wearing an ambulatory blood pressure monitor cuff and recorder on a belt during the day

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment14 Aug

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitors Explained Clearly

What ambulatory blood pressure monitors are and how 24-hour ABPM works, with buyer guidance on validation, cuffs, softwa…

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Gynaecologist using a video colposcope to examine the cervix during a colposcopy clinic examination

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment14 Aug

What Is a Colposcope and When Gynaecologists Use It

A UK procurement guide to colposcopes: how they magnify the cervix, optical versus video types, key specs, standards and…

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Clinician using a fibre-optic otoscope to examine a patient's ear canal and eardrum in an ENT clinic

Medical Equipments,Diagnostic Equipment14 Aug

Otoscopes Explained for ENT Clinical Ear Examination

A UK buyer's guide to otoscopes for ENT and general practice: how they work, diagnostic versus operating heads, LED illu…

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