How to distinguish medical consumables from medical devices, and how to test the quality?

Professional testing instruments are needed to identify the quality of medical consumables, such as: 6% Luer conical joint tester, injection needle tip piercing force tester, infusion set leakage negative pressure tester, suture needle tip strength, piercing force tester, etc.

So what are medical consumables and what are they? How is it different from medical devices, and how should manufacturers identify and guarantee the performance and quality of medical consumables? I believe that many people do not have a very comprehensive understanding of this aspect, let's understand it together.

What are medical consumables

medical consumables belong to the category of medical devices. Medical device consumables mainly refer to medical consumables of devices, such as hemostatic forceps, infusion stand, toothless forceps, dressing small cylinder, orthopedic compass, neck support, retractable wire knife, etc. These are disposable medical devices. Therefore, it is called medical equipment consumables.

What is the difference between medical consumables and medical devices

Many people do not know the difference between medical consumables and medical devices, and some think they are the same, but in fact they are different:

medical consumables are generally prone to damage, infection or one-time, so called consumables, need to be purchased regularly, relatively speaking, medical devices are not easy to damage, can be reused.

medical consumables are consumable devices used in diagnosis, treatment, health care, rehabilitation, etc. Professional testing instruments are needed to test the performance of medical consumables. According to market reports, The range of testing instruments produced by Wixia Technology can effectively detect the physical characteristics of medical consumables, such as: Ruhr conical joint tester, needle tip puncture force tester, infusion set leakage negative pressure tester, suture needle tip strength, puncture force tester, etc.

Medical devices refer to instruments, equipment, appliances, in vitro diagnostic reagents and calibrators, materials and other similar or related items directly or indirectly used in the human body, including the required computer software.

In fact, medical devices in a broad sense is the general name of materials used in the medical industry, medical consumables is a kind of medical devices, medical devices include medical equipment and medical consumables.

What kind of medical consumables do they belong to

medical devices are divided into three categories according to the degree of risk, medical consumables belong to medical devices, then what kind of medical devices is it?

The types of medical consumables are also relatively many, they do not belong to a class, in the classification of medical devices, both belong to a class of medical device consumables, but also belong to three types of medical device consumables, such as inspection gloves, drainage bags and other dangerous degree is low, belong to a class of medical devices; Implants, vascular stents and other devices have higher risks, which belong to the third class of medical devices.

In the rapid development of the medical industry today, the quality of medical consumables is very important, in order to improve the quality of related consumables, we must use the corresponding professional and high-tech testing equipment, self-testing is the first task to deal with the market.

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