Durable Medical Equipment Glossary ENG-SPA

Air-fluidized beds: An air-fluidized bed uses warm air under pressure to set small ceramic beads in motion which simulate the movement of fluid.

Camas de presión de aire

Autoclavable urinal: An autoclavable urinal is a container that holds urine and prevents spills. It is able to withstand autoclave, a process of sterilization using superheated steam under pressure.

Urinal esterilizable en autoclave

Bed pans: A bed pan is a shallow vessel used by a bedridden person for urination or defecation.

Bacinillas

Blood sugar (glucose) test strips: Blood glucose test strips provide a convenient and rapid method for estimation of blood glucose.

Tiras reactivas de medición de glucosa / tiras de prueba de glucosa

Blood sugar meters: A blood sugar meter measures the amount of glucose in a small sample of blood.

Glucómetro

Blood sugar monitors: A blood sugar monitor uses a sensor placed under the skin to measure blood sugar level, transmits each reading to a smartphone, smartwatch or small recording device worn on your body, and gives an alert when blood sugar levels are too low or too high.

Monitores de azucar en sangre

Canes (except white canes for the blind): A cane is long thin stick with a curved or round top which you can use to support yourself when you are walking.

Bastón

Commode chair/ Commode: A commode chair is a movable piece of furniture shaped like a chair, which has a large pot below or inside it. It is used as a toilet.

Silla inodoro/ Urinal

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines: A CPAP machine uses mild air pressure to keep breathing airways open during sleep.

Máquina de presión positiva continua en las vías respiratorias

Crutches: A crutch is a support typically fitting under the armpit for use by the disabled in walking.

Muletas

Gel pads: A gel pad is a fairly thick, flat piece of a material such as rubber or gel. Pads are used, for example, to clean things, to protect things, or to change their shape.

Almohadilla de gel

Heating Lamps: A heating lamp is fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.

Lámpara de calentamiento

Heating pads: A heating pad is an electric mat that heats up and is held against the body to reduce pain.

Cojines térmicos

Hemodialysis equipment: Hemodialysis equipment, also know as an artificial kidney machine, is a machine and filter used for dialysis to clean the blood.

Equipo de Hemodiálisis

Home infusion services: Home infusion services is a therapy that involves the intravenous or subcutaneous administration of drugs or biologicals to an individual at home.

Servicios de infusion en casa/ en el hogar

Hospital beds: Hospital beds are used for patients (as in a hospital). These beds can be adjusted especially to raise the head end, foot end, or middle as required.

Camas de hospital

Infusion pumps and supplies: An infusion pump, along with its supplies, is a medical device that delivers fluids, such as nutrients and medications, into a patient's body in controlled amounts.

Bombas de infusión y suministros

Inhalators: An inhalator is a device providing a mixture of oxygen and carbon dioxide for breathing that is used especially in conjunction with artificial respiration.

Inhalador

Iron lungs: An iron lung is a device for artificial respiration in which rhythmic alternations in the air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest force air into and out of the lungs.

Pulmones de hierro / Pulmones de acero

Lancet devices & lancets: A lancet is a small needle in a molded piece of plastic that is used to puncture the skin for a blood sample. Lancet devices, used with a lancet, help make the pricking process easier and less painful.

Accesorios para lancetas y lancetas

Lymphedema Pumps: A lymphedema pump is a machine used to keep blood and lymph flowing by pushing air through bands or sleeves that are placed on the arms or legs.

Bombas para el linfedema

Manual wheelchairs and power mobility devices: Manual wheelchairs are wheelchairs that are propelled by the user or pushed by another person. A power mobility device is any mobility device powered by batteries, fuel, or other engines––whether or not designed primarily for use by individuals with mobility disabilities––that is used by individuals with mobility disabilities for the purpose of locomotion, including golf cars, and electronic personal assistance mobility devices.

Sillas de ruedas manuales y dispositivos eléctricos de movilidad

Mattresses: A mattress is the part of a bed, made of a strong cloth cover filled with firm material, that makes the bed comfortable to lie on.

Colchón

Medical regulators: A medical regulator, sometimes called a pressure-reducing valve, is a medical device used to convert medical gas pressure from a high variable pressure to a lower, more constant working pressure.

Reguladores médicos

Motorized wheelchairs: A motorized wheelchair, also known as a "power wheelchair", means any self-propelled vehicle capable of traveling no more than fifteen miles per hour, usable indoors, designed as a mobility aid for individuals with mobility impairments, and operated by such an individual.

Sillas de ruedas motorizadas

Muscles stimulators: A muscle stimulator activates muscles through electrical currents, resulting in involuntary muscle contractions.

Estimuladores musculares

Nebulizer and nebulizer medications: A nebulizer is a small machine that turns liquid medicine into a mist that can be easily inhaled. Nebulizer medications are liquids meant to be inhaled as the treatment of respiratory conditions.

Nebulizadores y medicinas para nebulizadores

Oxygen: Oxygen is a colorless, odorless gas. It is needed for animal and plant life. Oxygen that is breathed in enters the blood from the lungs and travels to the tissues.

Oxígeno

Oxygen humidifiers: Oxygen humidifiers are medical devices used to humidify supplemental oxygen. They are commonly utilized in hospitals, because the oxygen used is a dry and irritating gas that, if poorly humidified, causes lesions of the respiratory mucosa.

Humidificadores de oxígeno

Oxygen tests: Oxygen tests measure the amount of oxygen being carried by red blood cells.

Pruebas de oxígeno

Patient lifts: Patient lifts are designed to lift and transfer patients from one place to another (e.g., from bed to bath, chair to stretcher), not be confused with stairway chair lifts or elevators.

Elevadores de pacientes

Percussors: Mechanical percussors are electrical devices used in place of manual chest percussion to assist with mobilizing and clearing respiratory secretions. The use of a mechanical percussor can benefit the patient by allowing for independence and greater compliance.

Percutor

Pressure and water mattress: Pressure and water mattresses reduce pressure on areas of the body and generally serve a preventive purpose. They are covered when prescribed for a patient who had bed sores or there is medical evidence indicating that the patient is highly susceptible to such ulceration.

Colchón de presión y de agua

Prosthetic device: A prosthetic device is designed to replace a missing part of the body or to make a part of the body work better.

Dispositivo prostético

Quad-canes: A quad cane, which has four tips, provides a broader base of support.

Bastones cuádruples

Respirator masks: A respiratory mask is a respiratory protective device designed to achieve a very close facial fit and very efficient filtration of airborne particles. Note that the edges of the respirator are designed to form a seal around the nose and mouth.

Máscaras respiratorias

Seat lifts: A seat lift is an assistive device used in the home to lift a person's body from a sitting to a standing position or to lower the individual from a standing to a sitting position.

Elevadores de asiento

Sitz baths: A sitz bath is a warm water bath used for healing or cleansing purposes. patient sits in the bath. The water covers only the hips and buttocks; water may contain medicine.

Baños de asiento

Suction pumps: A suction pump, also known as an aspirator, is a type of medical device that is primarily used for removing obstructions — like mucus, saliva, blood, or secretions — from a person's airway.

Bombas de succión

Traction equipment (presumptively constitute medical equipment): Traction equipment are devices such as weights and pulleys to put tension on a displaced bone or joint, such as a dislocated shoulder. The tension helps put the joint back in position and keep it still.

Equipo de tracción

Trapeze bars: Trapeze bars are a triangular device suspended above a bed to facilitate transferring and positioning the patient.

Barras de Trapecio

Vaporizers: Vaporizers are devices for converting water or a medicated liquid into a vapor for inhalation.

Vaporizadores

Ventilators: Ventilators are devices for introducing fresh air, expelling foul or stagnant air or for maintaining artificial respiration.

Ventiladores

Walkers: Walkers, sometimes known as safety rollers, have a framework designed to support a baby learning to walk or an infirm or physically disabled person.

Andadores, andaderas

Wheelchairs & scooters: Wheelchairs and scooters are manually-operated or power-driven devices designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor and outdoor locomotion.

Sillas de ruedas y scooters

Wheelchairs (power operated): Power operated wheelchairs are power-driven devices designed primarily for use by an individual with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor and outdoor locomotion.

Sillas de ruedas (eléctricas)

Wheelchairs (specially sized): Specially sized wheelchairs are manually-operated or power-driven devices designed primarily for use by an individual of a specific size with a mobility disability for the main purpose of indoor or of both indoor and outdoor locomotion.

sillas de ruedas (tamaño especial)

Whirlpool bath: A whirlpool bath is a therapeutic bath in which all or part of the body is exposed to forceful whirling currents of hot water.

Bañera con hidromasaje