The Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System.
To facilitate access to medical information, ECRI has developed and promulgated a hierarchical medical device nomenclature system containing over 4,800 valid terms and 3,100 cross-references. The Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS) is appropriate for a wide range of applications. It is used world-wide and is available in 5 languages (7 additional translations are in progress).
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D004869:Equipment Safety; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled