The term "medical device" covers any product,other than medicines,that is used in the health care environment for the diagnosis,treatment,prevention or monitoring of illness or disease.It encompasses a wide variety of products,ranging from blood pressure monitors,aids for the disabled and needles and syringes,to pacemakers,coronary stents,heart valves,joint replacements and equipment used in vitro for the examination of specimens,including blood and tissue donations derived from the human body for the purpose of diagnosis or monitoring (eg,blood glucose monitors,cholesterol tests,pregnancy tests).
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