An implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing biological structure, support a damaged biological structure, or enhance an existing...
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A dental implant (also known as an endosseous implant or fixture) is a prosthesis that interfaces with the bone of the jaw or skull to support a dental...
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A penile implant is an implanted device intended for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, Peyronie's disease, ischemic priapism, deformity and any traumatic...
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A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound...
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A contraceptive implant is an implantable medical device used for the purpose of birth control. The implant may depend on the timed release of hormones...
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breast implant is a prosthesis used to change the size, shape, and contour of a person's breast. In reconstructive plastic surgery, breast implants can be...
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implants, or dermal piercings, are a form of body modification used both in a medical and aesthetic context that, in contrast to subdermal implants,...
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A human microchip implant is any electronic device implanted subcutaneously (subdermally) usually via an injection. Examples include an identifying integrated...
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subdermal implant is a body modification placed under the skin, allowing the body to heal over the implant and creating a raised design. Such implants fall...
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Brain implants, often referred to as neural implants, are technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject's brain – usually placed...
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Buttock augmentation (redirect from Butt implant)
augmentation and buttock repair include the surgical emplacement of a gluteal implant (buttock prosthesis); liposculpture (fat transfer and liposuction); and...
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up implant, implantable, or implantation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Implant can refer to: Implant (medicine), or specifically: Brain implant Breast...
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It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. Levonorgestrel implants are approved in more than 60 countries and used by more than...
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Ocular prosthesis (category Implants (medicine))
evisceration, or orbital exenteration. The prosthesis fits over an orbital implant and under the eyelids. Though often referred to as a glass eye, the ocular...
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An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) is a device implantable inside the body, able...
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Intraocular lens (redirect from Lens implant)
An Intraocular lens (IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as...
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Osseointegration (redirect from Osseointegrated implant)
between an implant and bone, without intervening soft tissue". An osseointegrated implant is a type of implant defined as "an endosteal implant containing...
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Chin augmentation (redirect from Chin implant)
holds the implant in place is soft tissue and bone growing through and into the implant. The above artificial materials are used in medicine because they...
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Hip replacement (redirect from Hip implant)
surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis. Hip replacement surgery can be performed as...
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In medicine, a subcutaneous implant is an implant that is delivered under the skin into the subcutaneous tissue by surgery or injection and is used to...
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Implant failure refers to the failure of any medical implant to meet the claims of its manufacturer or the health care provider involved in its installation...
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in which an embryo adheres to the wall of the uterus Implant (medicine), insertion of implants Endometrial transplantation, as part of the theory of...
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A root-analogue dental implant (RAI) – also known as a truly anatomic dental implant, or an anatomical/custom implant – is a medical device to replace...
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Neuroprosthetics (redirect from Auditory brain stem implant)
"Cochlear Implants". NIDCD. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-27. Kansaku, Kenji (2021-03-08). "Neuroprosthetics in systems neuroscience and medicine". Scientific...
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sensory deficits, such as hearing (cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants) and vision (retinal implants). Technical improvements include a trend...
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Journal of Medicine. 174 (3): 157. doi:10.1136/ewjm.174.3.157. PMC 1071292. PMID 11238332. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Implantable venous access...
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A retinal implant is a visual prosthesis for restoration of sight to patients blinded by retinal degeneration. The system is meant to partially restore...
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In ufology, alien implants is a term used to describe physical objects allegedly placed in someone's body after they have been abducted by aliens. Claimed...
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An implantable loop recorder (ILR), also known as an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM), is a small device that is implanted under the skin of the chest...
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Knee replacement (category Implants (medicine))
posterior cruciate ligament is removed or preserved depends on the type of implant used, although there appears to be no clear difference in knee function...
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