Needle cradle

Primary use
Treatment / Resuscitation / Palliative care / Surgery
Type of medical device or related product
Surgical instruments, trays and bowls
General vs. specific use (health condition)
General
Intended population sex
All
Level of technical knowledge
General clinical
Capital
No
Reusable
No
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Cancer management (2017)
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
First-level (district) hospital services
General outpatient (health post, health center) and outreach services for primary care
Second-level and third-level hospital services and specialized outpatient services
Healthcare unit
Laboratory
EMDN related code(s)
Z11010380
BRACHYTHERAPY RADIATION SYSTEMS - HARDWARE ACCESSORIES
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GMDN related code(s)
38435
General-purpose brachytherapy system applicator, manual (A general-purpose brachytherapy applicator designed to facilitate delivery of radiation therapy treatments that are not specific to a particular anatomical region. It is an individual or modular device designed to facilitate manual placement, e.g., puncture, topical placement, endoscopically guided placement or diagnostic imaging system guided placement, and removal of single or multiple radioactive sources at a treatment site. The device may be a fixed design or designed to facilitate the creation of variable physical configurations or individual patient source placement configurations and includes general-purpose applicators such as hollow needles, tubes or catheters, ovoids or tandems.)
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