Medical Sciences Database - Equipment
  
 

 

Medical technology and equipment has become increasingly more advanced, since the 20th century. As images become available, the more common medical equipment at the disposal of a 24th century Starfleet medic will be made available here as a link.

There is lot of history encompassed within Star Trek, and we'll try to include as much as possible, but in order to avoid confusion, I'm only going to include the more popular units used in the current timeframe the Galaxy sims in. In some extreme cases, the only images I will be able to find/use will be of an older origin, and creative license is granted within reasonable limits to bring it to a more current level.

Any requests, alterations, and/or submissions can be made to the webmaster at webmaster AT ussgalaxy DOT net after having the above request/alteration/submission granted by the Chief Medical Officer of the USS Galaxy. If this has not been done so, the change will not be made.

Enterprise™ and Star Trek: The Original Series™ images and equipment will not be included here.

  
 
  Equipment  
  Alpha Wave Inducer The Alpha Wave Inducer is a device meant to induce sleep in most humanoids. It is not meant to replace natural sleep, and cannot be used frequently. It is an electronic version of an anesthetic. Subject enters a deep dreamless sleep during which surgical procedures can be carried out without causing pain to the subject.
 
 
       
  Anabolic Protoplasers 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 cannot replace surgery in serious injuries, and it cannot repair incidental damage resulting from the original injury. They use small forcefields, 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.  
 
       
  Biobed This is an orthopedically-designed hospital bed which has an array of biofunction 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 which gives the patient's current status. Restraining fields are available on some models.  
 
       
  Bioregenerative Field A Bioregenerative Field is an energy field used to accelerate cellular growth. It temporarily confers the advantage of Regeneration on the patient. A sterilite unit is typically used during this procedure to keep infection from being multiplied by the Bioregenerative Field.  
 
       
  Biostatus Chamber A small compartment, usually found in Sickbay, but any small chamber may be adapted with special preperation. Most often used for long-term storage of samples.  
 
       
  Cardiostimulators This is a defibrillator that can also restart a stopped heart. Unlike current defibrillators, this device will not damage surface tissues.  
 
       
  Compulsory Scan Unit This device can give a psycho record of an individual's thoughts over the last twenty-four hours.  
 
       
  Cortical Stimulator The Cortical Stimulator provides a method of resuscitation for patients. It is particularly effective for head injuries and comatose patients. It is an electronic version of Tricordrazine.  
 
       
  Cryosurgical Frame A structure placed over all or part of a patient's body, generating cold in order to slow down body processes.  
 
       
  Decompression Chamber A sealed chamber which can re-produce various atmospheric conditons in order to restore a normal balance.  
 
       
  Dermal Regenerator (See also Anabolic Protoplasers) A hand-held device which heals damaged tissue.  
 
       
  Dermoplastic Grafts Help in the regeneration of damaged tissue when placed in direct contact with the body.  
 
       
  Diagnostic Display The main display of a biobed sensor, showing a patient's vital signs to the medical staff at a glance.  
 
       
  DNA Code Analyzer (aka Detronel Scanner) A device which reads the DNA code of an individual. The code can then be kept on file for later comparison or use.  
 
       
  Electron Microscope An improved version of a normal microscope allowing viewing on the microscopic level.  
 
       
  Emergency Medical Hologram Also known as an EMH, it is a hologram programmed in medical techniques, it is a last resort after the loss of all medical personnel.  
 
       
  Field Hypospray A variation of the hypospray, this hypo is loaded with an inert saline solution that serves as a vehicle fluid for any of five concentrated emergency medication ampules.  
 
       
  Genetronic Replicator An experimental medical device developed by neurogeneticist Dr. Toby Russell. It is used to stimulate the genetic code of an individual into growing whatever types of cells are needed by the patients. Most often used to grow new organs for transplant on severely injured patients.  
 
       
  Hypospray The Hypospray is a hand-held device used for subcutaneous and intravenous administration of carefully-controlled dosages of medication on a subject. The Hypospray injects the subject by use of a pinpoint, high-pressure, low-volume, microscopic, aerosuspension stream. It allows medication to be given through the skin or clothing without mechanical penetration. It takes one second to remove and one to replace a medicine vial. The air cartridge is good for 100 injections. It takes one second to remove and one second to replace the air cartridge. Weight is 1/2 lb.
 
 
       
  Medical Confinement Field Also called a quarantine field or sterile field. It is a forcefield that can be located anywhere used to isolate areas of possible contamination. It can be activated by voice command.
 
 
       
  Medical Diagnostic Scanner Used in conjunction with the biobed, it is what takes the readings which are displayed on the Diagnostic Display. It takes readings of blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, respiration, etc.  
 
       
  Medical Tricorder

The Medical Tricorder is a modified TR-580 with an extra external medical probe and scanner attachment. It has the following capabilities:

  • Biosampler
  • Bioscanner
  • Chemscanner
  • Datalink
  • Environmental Analysis
  • Medscanner
  • Multiscanner
  • Radscanner

For its size, the Medical Tricorder can maintain and store vast amounts of data in its own memory, which it uses to help evaluate conditions on site with an external hand-held sensing device. It contains over 100 sensors, and also has a specialized medical database that provides detailed medical diagnostic tools in the field including tomographic and micrographic imaging. The small diagnosis wand fits into the top of the tricorder and is used 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.  
 
       
  Motor Assist Bands An electronic strap attached to damaged limbs of patients which increase the neurological impulses provided by the patient to the damaged limb. Useful for rehabilitation.  
 
       
  Nanosurgeons A suspension of nanotechnological assemblies that are typically used to survey cellular genetic damage and effect repairs. They are coontrolled and monitored by the attending physician. Nanosurgeons are useful to repair additional damage that drugs (for example) cannot affect.  
 
       
  Nanites Submicroscopic robots originally designed to perform medical functions within the bloodstream of a living organism. Such functions could encompass intracellular surgery, eliminating individual disease cells, or removing clotted material from a blood vessel, and more. Manufactured with gigabytes of mechanical computer memory in Dakar, Senegal, nanites were designed for inner-nuclei exposure only during cellular surgeries, and were therefore kept in a nonfunctional state when not in use.  
 
       
  Neural Analyzer A device used to monitor and analyze a patient's central nervous system.  
 
       
  Neural Stimulator This device "jumpstarts" the Central Nervous System of patients who has suffered some form of neuro-synaptic failure. This is particularly useful to treat a patient who has suffered CNS shock from the higher settings of a Phaser. They are frequently used to help in attempts to revive unconscious and/or comatose patients.  
 
       
  Neural Transducer Medical devices that provide the same function as the Motor Assist Bands above, but are temporarily and/or permanently implanted in patients to increase transmission of neural impulses from the brain to whatever area of the body the Transducers are attached to. They are frequently used for spinal cord damage patients.  
 
       
  Neurolink Allows a healthy "donor" to take over autonomic functions for a patient suffering from brain stem damage. One link is attached to the head of the "donor" and the other on the head of the patient. Upon activation, the autonomic functions of the donor control the patient's heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, etc.  
 
       
  Osteotractors These are medical tractor fields used to set and immobilize a broken bone prior to treatment with a Protoplaser. They act as a temporary cast during treatment.  
 
       
  Physician's Medikit The Physician's Medikit is a small, strap-on case designed to carry emergency medical supplies.

A Full Standard kit would include:

1 - Anabolic Protoplaser
1 - Bandage assortment
1 - Cardiostimulator
2 - Hyposprays
1 - Medical Tricorder
1 - Neural Stimulator
1 - Respirator
1 - Sampling kit

And the following medications:

5 - Vials of Delactovine
5 - Vials of Tricordrazine
3 - Vials of Analgine
4 - Vials of Hyronalyn
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 situations, but must be altered before the mission begins. For example, if the doctor knows that he is going into a combat zone, he may replace the 3 vials of Panamyacin with more Hyronalyn or Analgine.

 
 
       
  Physiostimulator A hand-held device which is used to increase metabolic functions in patients.  
 
       
  Plasma (blood) 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.  
 
       
  Protodynoplaser An artificial support for the immune system. It works by serving at the cell level itself, destroying individual cells through the projection of force fields at a beam diameter of 0.001 microns.  
 
       
  Psychotricorder Similar to the standard Tricorder, the Psychotricorder can also be used to record past memories of a patient. Typically it is used to retrieve memories within the last 24 hours. See info on the Medical Tricorder and/or Tricorder for any further info.  
 
       
  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.

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.

Finally, Nanotech scalpels cause minimal disruption of tissue but operate slowly.

There is current research in an experimental scalpel that utilizes Transporter technology.

 
 
       
  Sickbay Overhead Sensor Cluster This is a circular arrangement of sensors located above the primary Biobed in sickbay. It augments the sensors of the Biobed, and also provides an emergency containment field to prevent contamination.  
 
       
  Sonic Separator A device used to separate tissues into very fine bundles. It is primarily used in brain operations, but is also useful in other areas of the body which have very small or very delicate parts.  
 
       
  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.  
 
       
  Subcutaneous Transponder A device placed under the skin, usually in the forearm, that allows a person to be transported without needing a communicator to use as a signal lock; usually used in covert operations.  
 
       
  Surgical Support Frame Also sometimes called "the clamshell" due to it's shape which covers a patient like a shell, this device is attached to a Biobed to provide aid and assistance during surgery or emergency life support. It creates sterile conditions around the patient and provides diagnostics and monitors vital signs of the patient. It is littered with biosensors, and has a large display of the surgical area.  
 
       
  Transporter Biofilter
A sub-system of all Federation transporters designed to scan an incoming transporter beam prior to materialization and to remove potentially harmful diseases and viral contaminations.  
 
       
  Trilaser Connector Also called a synaptic braider; an instrument used to reconnect damaged nerves.  
 
       
  Vitalizer Beam A field which can be placed around an individual to prevent loss of blood.