Prostheses and Implants
Artificial substitutes for body parts, and materials inserted into tissue for functional, cosmetic, or therapeutic purposes. Prostheses can be functional, as in the case of artificial arms and legs, or cosmetic, as in the case of an artificial eye. Implants, all surgically inserted or grafted into the body, tend to be used therapeutically. IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL is available for those used experimentally.
Subtype terms (35)
More specific conditions that are subtypes of Prostheses and Implants in the MeSH hierarchy.
- Absorbable Implants
- Artificial Limbs
- Auditory Brain Stem Implants
- Bioprosthesis
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis
- Bone-Anchored Prosthesis
1 drug approved
- Bone-Implant Interface
- Breast Implants
- Cochlear Implants
3 drugs approved
- Dental Prosthesis
5 drugs experimental
- Electrodes, Implanted
- Embolic Protection Devices
- Eye, Artificial
3 drugs approved
- Fiducial Markers
- Glaucoma Drainage Implants
- Heart, Artificial
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
3 drugs approved
- Implants, Experimental
- Internal Fixators
- Joint Prosthesis
3 drugs (2 approved, 1 experimental)
- Larynx, Artificial
- Lenses, Intraocular
1 drug approved
- Maxillofacial Prosthesis
- Orbital Implants
- Ossicular Prosthesis
- Penile Prosthesis
3 drugs approved
- Prosthesis Design
- Punctal Plugs
- Septal Occluder Device
- Stents
23 drugs (18 approved, 5 experimental)
- Suburethral Slings
2 drugs approved
- Tissue Expansion Devices
- Tissue Scaffolds
- Urinary Sphincter, Artificial
- Visual Prosthesis
Drugs by status
Phase 4 trials (21)
Phase 3 trials (13)
Phase 2 trials (21)
Phase 1 trials (4)