MEDEVIS

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GMDN related code(s)

30926

Parallel bar exerciser, non-powered (An exercise apparatus designed to assist users in maintaining good walking posture, particularly a person with a disability, a paraplegic, or a patient who has suffered a stroke and is learning to walk. It typically consists of two parallel wooden or steel handrails each one supported by two poles and base plates; the user holds the bars, which may be manually height and width-adjustable, thus relieving his/her weight when walking. The device is intended to improve the user’s balance as well as coordination and flexibility; additionally, it can improve the muscle strength in the lower limbs.)

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Decommissioning

https://youtu.be/D7TycnSGGXc https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/330095

WHO resources on medical devices

Interagency list of priority medical devices for essential interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health WHO list of priority medical devices for cancer management WHO List of Priority Medical Devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes WHO List of Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications Package of eye care interventions Trauma and Emergency Surgery Kit (TESK) 2019 WHO medical devices website WHO priority medical devices website WHO essential in vitro diagnostic website

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