Medical technology

Anabolic protoplaser

• Often referred to simply as "protoplaser"
• Accelerates anabolic processes via metabolic stimulation of cells in order to encourage directional healing of tissue
  • Mechanism of action entirely hypothetical based on the name, and assuming that "protoplaser" is a contraction of "protoplasm-laser"
• Capable of healing deep muscular wounds, torn veins and arteries, or nerve damage
  • Citations

    • Star Fleet Technical Manual
    • TOS: "Charlie X"
    • TOS: "Space Seed"
    • TOS Novel: The Klingon Gambit
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    • TOS Novel: Forged in Fire
    • TOS Novel: The Fearful Summons
    • TNG: "Frame of Mind"
    • DTI Novel: Watching the Clock
• Standard inclusion in Starfleet medkits (DS9 Novel: Millennium - Inferno)
• Certification required for usage by Starfleet medical technicians due to its complexity (TNG: "Eye of the Beholder")
• In use by mid-23rd century (Star Fleet Technical Manual; TOS: "Charlie X")

Cardiac regulator

• Analogue to the 20th century pacemaker (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 2")
• Regulates both cardiac rhythm and blood pressure (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 2")

Cortical stimulator

• Device used to attempt induction of neural tissue through electrical stimulation for patients with low to no brain activity (Various)
• In use by 22nd century (ENT: "Observer Effect")

Delta wave inducer

• Sleep aid used to directly produce a state of sleep in a patient in order to aid healing via stimulating the production of delta waves in the brain (DS9: "The Passenger", "Invasive Procedures"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
  • Mistakenly referred to as an alpha wave inducer in "The Passenger", but alpha waves are associated with wakefulness

Dermal regenerator

• Massively accelerates healing of the dermis or epidermis
• Common household technology (DS9: "Homefront")
• Used to close cuts, heal burns, remove scars
  • Citations

    • TOS Novel: Forged in Fire
    • TNG: "Frame of Mind"
    • TNG: "Timescape"
    • DS9: "If Wishes Were Horses"
    • DS9: "The Homecoming"
    • DS9: "Indiscretion"
    • DS9: "Homefront"
    • DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
    • VOY: "State of Flux"
    • VOY: "Macrocosm"
    • VOY: "Retrospect"
    • VOY: "One"
    • VOY: "Muse"
    • VOY: "Workforce"
• Can additionally modify the appearance of skin when reconfigured
  • Able to simulate the appearance of wounds or burns (VOY: "Warhead")
  • Able to add or remove cosmetic changes to skin (VOY: "Workforce, Part II")
• In use by the early 2270s (TOS Novel: Forged in Fire)

Exoscalpel

• High-precision version of a laser scalpel for more precise surgeries (TNG: "Ethics"; VOY: "Message in a Bottle"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)

Fiber-enhancer

• Known by 22nd century (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Presumably used to improve nerve conductivity or functionality (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)

Hypospray

• Non-invasive injection device delivering medicine via a burst of compressed air (Various)
• In use by 22nd century (ENT: "Breaking the Ice")

Laser scalpel

• Standard laser-based low-precision medical cutting tool (TNG: "The Host"; DS9: "Invasive Procedures", "The Alternate"; VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Imperfection"; TNG Novel: Vendetta)
  • Exoscalpel used instead for high precision tools

Medkit

• Kit of commonly needed medical resources for usage in the field (Various)

Standard inventory

• Standardized collection of hypospray cartridges (TNG Novel: Immortal Coil)
  • Broad-spectrum antibiotics
  • Broad-spectrum antivirals
  • Cardiopulmonary stimulant
  • Steroid combinations
  • Viral inhibitor
• Dermal regenerator
• Anabolic protoplaser (DS9 Novel: Millennium - Inferno)

Microscalpel

• Known by 22nd century (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)
• Presumably hand-wielded cutting implement used for microsurgery (ENT Novel: Kobayashi Maru)

Muscle regenerator

• Used to repair minor damage to muscle tissue, such as sprains (SGR Novel: The Valiant; TNG Novel: Immortal Coil)
  • Presumably by accelerating natural healing

Perscan

• Medical scanning system developed by Starfleet in the 2270s allowing Sickbay to instantly retrieve the biosigns of any crewmember on demand (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Passive units within uniform belt in that era of Starfleet uniforms (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Central device within Sickbay connects with perscan unit on command of authorized medical officer to retrieve immediate bioscan results (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)

Synthetic skin

• Aerosolized organic compound in use by mid-23rd century (DIS Novel: Desperate Hours)
• When applied to burns or other injuries in which the dermis has been exposed in a limited region, solidifies into an artificial epidermis which accelerates natural healing and protects against infection