Medical Device Manufacturing

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing medical, surgical, ophthalmic, and veterinary instruments and apparatus. Sample business functions include anesthesia apparatus, biopsy instruments and equipment, blood pressure apparatus, blood transfusion equipment, bone drills, bone plates and screws, bone rongeurs, bronchoscopes (except electromedical), cannulae, and catheters.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic, prosthetic, and surgical appliances and supplies, including arch supports and other foot appliances, fracture appliances, elastic hosiery, abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses. This industry also includes the production of bandages, surgical gauze and dressings, sutures, adhesive tapes and medicated plasters, and personal safety appliances and equipment. Sample business functions include abdominal supporters, braces and trusses, sterilized absorbent cotton, adhesive tape and plasters (medicated or non-medicated), cotton-tipped applicators, medical atomizers, hospital and surgical autoclaves, surgical and orthopedic bandages and dressings, plastic, muslin and plaster of Paris bandages, sanitary surgical and corrective belts, and elastic braces.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing artificial teeth, dental metals, alloys, and amalgams, as well as a wide variety of equipment, instruments, and supplies used by dentists, dental laboratories, and dental colleges. Sample business functions include abrasive points, wheels and disks for dental use, dental autoclaves, dental broaches, dental burs, dental cabinets, dental cement, dentist chairs, dental compounds, dental cutting instruments, and dental alloys for amalgams.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing radiographic X-ray, fluoroscopic X-ray, and therapeutic X-ray apparatus and tubes for medical, industrial, research, and control applications, as well as other irradiation equipment, including gamma and beta-ray equipment. Sample business functions include beta-ray irradiation equipment, fluoroscopes, fluoroscopic X-ray apparatus and tubes, gamma-ray irradiation equipment, irradiation equipment, X-ray lamps, nuclear irradiation equipment, radiographic X-ray apparatus and tubes for medical and industrial use, radium equipment, and therapeutic X-ray apparatus and tubes for medical and industrial applications.