surgical implants
Embedded medical hardware
Surgical implants are medical devices placed inside the body through surgery to replace, support, or enhance biological structures.
Common examples include hip replacements, pacemakers, breast implants, and dental implants.
The term covers everything from artificial joints to cosmetic enhancements to life-sustaining devices: She had surgical implants after her mastectomy.
Unlike external prosthetics, implants remain permanently or semi-permanently within the body.
- hipFashionable or pelvic joint
- orthopedicsMedicine of bones, joints
- kneeLeg's middle hinge
- titaniumElement twenty-two
- titanium plateMetal bone stabilizer
metal alloy · nitinol · joint replacement · replacement part · ceramic · pacemaker · heart valve · rejection · foreign body · polyethylene · prosthetics · skull · neurosurgery · dentistry · silicone · stainless steel · cardiology · breast augmentation
- orthopedicsbone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement, fracture, knee replacement
- FDA regulationFDA, drug approval, medical devices, prescription drugs, food labeling
surgical implantsprosthetic limbs
Artificial replacement body parts
casts · splints · hearing aids · eyeglasses · CPAP machines
surgical implantsorgan transplants
Moving organs between bodies
autografts · allografts · biological tissue · bone grafts · living tissue
surgical implantsphysical therapy
Rehabilitative movement-based medical care
medication · lifestyle modification · exercise therapy · watchful waiting · massage therapy