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| − | TOS era, circa 2260's medical device. Similar in size and function to the hand scanner of the [[medical tricorder]], the medscanner was a small, portable unit designed to function separately from the tricorder and diagnose by means of auditory emissions. The trained physician could diagnose an illness by scanning the patient and interpreting the sounds it produced |
+ | TOS era, circa 2260's medical device. Similar in size and function to the hand scanner of the [[medical tricorder]], the medscanner was a small, portable unit designed to function separately from the tricorder and diagnose by means of auditory emissions. The trained physician could diagnose an illness by scanning the patient and interpreting the sounds it produced (such as in [[TOS]]: "[[The Deadly Years]]", to diagnose a case of arthritis). By using auditory cues in this manner it may be the natural advancement of the modern-day stethoscope. It was phased out as integration between the hand scanner and the medical tricorder became more advanced and commonplace. [[List of medical equipment]] |
Revision as of 19:17, 27 April 2005
TOS era, circa 2260's medical device. Similar in size and function to the hand scanner of the medical tricorder, the medscanner was a small, portable unit designed to function separately from the tricorder and diagnose by means of auditory emissions. The trained physician could diagnose an illness by scanning the patient and interpreting the sounds it produced (such as in TOS: "The Deadly Years", to diagnose a case of arthritis). By using auditory cues in this manner it may be the natural advancement of the modern-day stethoscope. It was phased out as integration between the hand scanner and the medical tricorder became more advanced and commonplace. List of medical equipment