medical device

any device intended to be used for medical purposes
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medical device

Summary

medical device is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (634 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • medical device's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • medical device's instance of is recorded as type of tool[4].
  • medical device's main regulatory text is recorded as Medical device regulation[5].
  • medical device's main regulatory text is recorded as Q110576697[6].
  • medical device's main regulatory text is recorded as Act (2021:600) with supplementary provisions to the EU's regulations on medical devices[7].
  • medical device is a type of appliance[8].
  • medical device is a type of medical product[9].
  • medical device is part of health technology[10].
  • medical device's Commons category is recorded as Medical devices[11].
  • medical device's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Medical devices[12].
  • medical device's partially coincident with is recorded as medical equipment[13].
  • medical device's has characteristic is recorded as medical device type[14].
  • medical device's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/MedicalDevice[15].
  • medical device's uses is recorded as CE marking[16].
  • medical device's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Health Data Space[17].
  • medical device's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/medical-devices.html[18].

Body

Geography

medical device is part of health technology[10].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and type of tool[4].

Why It Matters

medical device ranks in the top 4% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (634 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . fr.dentist. fr.dentist. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). medical device. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-device
MLA “medical device.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-device.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_medical-device_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{medical device}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/medical-device}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Google knowledge graph id /g/1211qczf
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Health Data Space
    Has characteristic medical device type
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18016, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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