[Problems of medical equipment terminology]

It is recommended to standardize the biomedical engineering terminology by making use of greek latin terminological elements. The designations of biomedical engineering products should include terms featuring the fundamental functions of their technical arrangements, viz. the type of action, the method of examination, the surgical manipulation, the kind of treatment, by retaining the already established clinical terms. The second part in the designation of the technical arrangement should carry the name of the organ, cavity, region and system of the organism, of the tissue, etc, for whose handling the instrument or apparatus is intended.