Laboratory equipments or surgical equipments and apparatus for example are specialty scientific instruments for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, like modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it, viz scalpel, hemostat, and other laboratory equipments etc.

Similarly, a very large number of other medical and surgical instruments and devices have been classified based on the their function and use including dental instrument, pathology instrument, surgical instrument, ear instruments etc. Mostly laboratory equipment used in hospital for various purpose like spinal retractors, root elevators, rake retractors, dressing forceps, cast knives, scissors, towel clamps, etc. A lot of laboratory device companies and surgical medical device manufacturers are engaged in making and trading of blood bank equipments and laboratory apparatus equipments.


The production, classification and sale of laboratory equipments by surgical instruments companies and blood bank equipments manufacturers is differently in different countries. However, in Canada the Medical Devices Bureau of Health Canada, medical devices are recognized under four classes of based on the level of control necessary to assure the safety and effectiveness of the device and instruments.

Laboratory equipments are specially designed for or hospital medical equipments also various types of surgical equipments used in the hospital. Laboratory instruments, medical and surgical equipments performing different types of activities needed such as investigation, treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, prevention, replacement of modification of the anatomy, or alleviation of disease, injury or handicap.