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Artificial Organs

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Definition: Devices intended to replace non-functioning organs. They may be temporary or permanent. Since they are intended always to function as the natural organs they are replacing, they should be differentiated from PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS and specific types of prostheses which, though also replacements for body parts, are frequently cosmetic (EYE, ARTIFICIAL) as well as functional (ARTIFICIAL LIMBS).  usually to replace function, as HEART, ARTIFICIAL or KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL: do not confuse with PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS which is usually cosmetic; not for injections, like silicones, to replace substance; coord IM with specific organ (IM) with no qualif but   
Examples Artificial Limbs; Bioartificial Organs; Heart, Artificial; Heart-Lung Machine; Infusion Pumps; Kidney, Artificial; Larynx, Artificial; Liver, Artificial; Pancreas, Artificial; Skin, Artificial; Urinary Sphincter, Artificial 		Other names Organs, Artificial; Organ, Artificial; Artificial Organ
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
omiderm  104220-30-6   *Polyurethanes Artificial Organs Membranes, Artificial.
Pharma Action Biocompatible Materials 		Burns 1985;11(4):274
Synthaderm  91094-15-4 Synthaderm  *Polyurethanes Artificial Organs. Contact Dermatitis 1983;9(6):504

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