Medical Equipment

Anabolic Protoplases

These devices are used to heal internal and external body damage without the need of opening the body cavity of the patient to effect repairs. They use small force fields, phase-modulated lasers, and anabolic accelerators to quickly heal injuries without scarring. They come in a variety of sizes for different repairs. Smaller units are useful for fine work involving the eyes and ears, while larger units heal cuts and even broken bones. They temporarily confer the advantage of Instant Regeneration to the area treated, but cannot replace surgery in serious injuries. For example, if used on a very deep stab wound, they could seal the damaged tissues and prevent further blood loss, but a subcutaneous hole would remain unless closed with surgery. This device will not repair incidental damage resulting from the original injury. For example, an officer who has been stabbed may have the wound repaired in sickbay in 15 minutes, but will still have to deal with the blood loss.

Alpha-wave inducer

Device used to enhance sleep in humanoids, but only meant for occasional use.

Away Team Equipment

Medical personnel on AT missions or other assignments away from sickbay facilities are frequently issued any of a variety of medkits. These portable equipment packages typically include a medical tricorder, field hypospray, respirator, defib module, sample kit, autosuture, a dermal regenerator, a neural stimulator, and selection of bandages and drugs for emergency field use. A doctor can perform most routine and emergency medical procedures on-site. Patients with severe injuries or illnesses, however, must receive full diagnosis and treatment in sickbay. Medkit devices are designed to work on all known human life-forms and on most DNA-based non-humanoids.

Autosuture

Used to close a wound

Bandages

Starfleet's Medical department has a wide variety of bandage options. Simple bandages made of sterile, inert materials that do not bind with clotting wounds are common. Dermapatch is available in a spray applicator, or in larger pre-formed pieces.

Blood-Gas Infuser

Used to stabilize oxygen levels

Biobed

This is an orthopedically-designed hospital bed which has an array of bio-function sensors that monitor all bodily systems. The bed is raised to allow the doctor to comfortably examine the patient. It has a graphic display at the head that gives the patient's current status. Restraining fields are available on some models. A sensor cluster is a circular arrangement of sensors located above the primary Bio-Bed in sickbay. It augments the sensors of the Bio-Bed, and also provides an emergency containment field to prevent contamination.

Bioimplant

Artificial organic material that can be surgically implanted into a person’s body to replace damaged tissues.

Cardiac Stimulator

Used to restart the heart

Cerebrusian Rejuvenator

Slows the aging process. Overdose can cause the rapid “de-aging” leading to death

Cortical Stimulator

Used to revitalize neural activity

Cytoplasmic Stimulator

Used to stabilize cellular toxicity levels

Decompression Chamber

Used to create different atmospheric conditions to gradually lower or to increase the pressure on a patient

Defibrillator

Used to restart the heart when it’s stopped

Delta wave inducer

Used to induce sleep

Dermal regenerator

Used to repair damage to epidermal tissue

Detronal Scanner

Used to read and encode DNA patterns

Electron Resonance Scanner

Medical imaging device that allows the doctor to see down to the level of DNA molecules

Exoscalpel

See scalpels

Genotronic Replicator

Experimental medical device designed to translate the genetic code into a specific set of replication instruments, allowing the doctor to “grow” a new replacement organ at an accelerated rate.

Hypospray

Used to subcutaneously and intramuscularly inject medications in humanoid patients. The hypospray uses an extremely fine-pressured aerosuspension delivery system, eliminating the need for a needle to physically penetrate the skin. An Isomimotic hypo can be used to create biogenic weapons.

Isomolecular scanner

Advanced medical diagnostic device although not common equipment of Federation starships. They are useful in the study of very alien physiology’s Isotropic restraint: Medical force field used to hold a patient totally immobile

Laser Scalpel

See Scalpels

Medical Tricorder

A medical tricorder is an ordinary tricorder or TR-580 with a special medical peripheral (MP) added. The MP contains specialized medical sensors and features (biosampler, bioscanner, chemscanner, datalink, environmental analysis, medscanner, multiscanner, and radscanner) as well as an enormous database of information on more then 200 humanoid and non-humanoid aliens, and hundreds of thousands of diseases and medical problems. The sensors on the MP can identify species and detect vital signs at a range of 25 meters. Within 5 meters, these sensors can analyze a being’s internal structure, in a manner similar to a 20th-centruy CAT scan; broken bones, internal injuries or other problems can be detected. The MP also contains a detachable high-resolution probe. This remote probe only has a range of one meter, but it is capable of extremely detailed observations, including DNA typing, blood chemistry analysis and detection of all known drugs, poisons, bacteria, and viruses. The tricorder has an external hand-held sensing device. This peripheral contains over 100 sensors, and the tricorder contains a specialized medical database that provides detailed medical diagnostic tools in the field including topographic and micrographic imaging. A small diagnosis wants fits into the top of the peripheral and is occasionally used by the physician to provide close high-resolution scans. Together, these sensors allow the Medical Tricorder to make very detailed diagnosis on known species. On unknown species, it is limited to telling if the life form is sick or dying. A detailed analysis is not possible in such a situation. Effective range is about three yards.

Microtome

An electronic instrument used to cut very thin sections of organic tissue for microscopic examinations. Useful to acquire samples of diseased tissue for medical analysis. It is essentially the same as 20th-century Microtome.

Monomolecular scalpel

See Scalpels

Motor assist bands

1cm wide strap like devices used with neurologically damaged patients. The bands provide electrical stimulation of the patient’s limbs and help with muscle retraining.

Nanosurgeons

A suspension of nanotechnological assemblies that are typically used to survey cellular genetic damage and effect repairs. They report to, and are monitored by, the attending physician. Nanosurgeons are useful to repair additional damage that drugs (for example) cannot affect.

Neural Implants

One of the elements that, when combined with others, allows the sightless people to see. The neural implants function as the bioelectrical interface between the visual cortex and a VISOR.They consist of two bilateral implants in the temporal regions of the skull and feed directly into the visual cortex. A portion of the implants must remain external to allow for the direct connection of the VISOR to the head.

Neural Calipers

Used to measure the activity between the neural synapses during surgical procedures

Neuroelectric suppresser

Used for pain suppression

Neural paralyzer

Used to simulate death. Must be treated within 12 hours or actual death will occur

Neural Stimulator

The instrument used to increase neural activity in the central nervous system of a dying humanoid brain.

Neural Transducers

Implantable bioelectric devices that receive nerve impulses from the brain and transmitted it to affected voluntary muscle groups

Osteogenic Stimulator

Used to treat cranial trauma. Could also treat non-cranial bone injuries

Osteotractor

Immobilizes limbs during treatment

Parthenogenic Implant

An artificial device surgically implanted into a human body

Phoretic Analyzer

Biomedical analysis device which is able to determine body chemistry of any type of creature with a liquid chemical make up or otherwise

Physiostimulator

Used to elevate metabolic functions in impaired individual

Plasma infusion Unit

Medical equipment used aboard Federation starships to dispense fluids and electrolytes

Pulmonary Support Unit

Emergency cardiopulmonary support unit

Protodynoplaser

Used to stabilize the immune system

Psychotricorder

Used to record past memories

Quarantine Seal

Also called a medical quarantine field. Force field used to isolate potentially hazardous biological specimens in sickbay and other laboratory facilities aboard starships

Plasma Infusion Unit

An instrument used for transfusions of blood, blood plasma, and/or electrolytes into patients that need them. It is used the same way blood transfusions in the 20th-century. The Plasma Infusion Unit also provides filtration of the material to be delivered.

Scalpels

There are three varieties to choose from: traditional cutting blades with a monomolecular edge, laser scalpels that cauterize as they cut, and nanotech scalpels that separate tissues along cellular lines without damage. Each has different uses.

• An Exoscalpel is used to incise the skin and expose the underlying tissue.
• Laser scalpels help the surgeon because of bloodlessness, but can dazzle anyone unwary enough to look into the beam, even though the scalpel can only cut within its focal length.
• Monomolecular blades require no power supply and quickly slice through most matter with minimal effort.
• Nanotech scalpels cause minimal disruption of tissue but operate slowly.

Somnetic Inducer

A small neural padd used to aid in the induction of sleep in humanoids. Otherwise similar to the Alpha Wave Induction unit above.

Sonic Separator

Used to separate the brain from the body

Standard Med-kit

The physician’s medkit is a small, strap-on case designed to carry emergency medical supplies. A full standard kit would include: anabolic protoplaser, bandage assortment, cardiostimulator, 2 hyposprays, medical tricorder, neural stimulator, respirator, sampling kit. A full kit also includes the following medications, 5 vials of Delactovine, 5 vials of tricordrazine, 3 vials of asinolyathin, 4 vials of hyronalin, 3 vials of panamyacin. All doses of any drug type are contained in vials that must be inserted into the hypospray. The standard kit may be altered to suit missions or situation, but must be altered before the mission begins.

Stasis Field Generator

This device is used in emergencies when a patient cannot be stabilized and requires treatment that is not immediately available. It significantly slows all biological activity within the perimeter of the field, placing the patient in a sort of suspended animation. The patient will not be aware of any passage of time while under the influence of a stasis unit, since the biochemical activity of the patient's brain is effectively halted.

Stasis Unit

Emergency medical device which can hold a patient in a state of suspended animation until the medical treatment could be rendered. This is used only in the hope that a cure can be found for a disease within that person’s natural lifetime

Styrolite

Clear plastic like material used for biological quarantine of potentially hazardous life forms

Surgical Support Frame

A vital tool in nearly all surgical procedures is the surgical support frame (SSF), or 'clamshell' as it is sometimes called. The SSF not only maintains a sterile environment for most surgical procedures, but also incorporates several vital diagnostic and life support tools. These include a battery of bio-function sensors, supplementing those provided by the biobed and by the overhead medical equipment array. The SSF is capable of automated administration of intravenous medication as well as cardiovascular support and emergency defibrillation. A variety of surgical support frame types are available for different procedures, as well as for different life form types. Most biobed units are designed to accept surgical support frame

T-Cell Stimulator

Medical device which increases the production of T-cells hence enabling a humanoid to better fight infection

Tissue Mitigator

Used in surgical procedures to slow down cellular cytoplasmic activity in engaged tissues

Transporter Scalpel

Experimental method using transporter beams to remove cells

VISOR

Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement