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These terms explain the permitted use and limitations of the website's educational procurement content, tools, downloads, and inquiry services.

Effective and last reviewed: July 10, 2026

Educational use

The website provides general biomedical engineering and procurement information. It does not provide medical, legal, regulatory, financial, or site-specific engineering advice. Users remain responsible for qualified review and compliance with applicable requirements.

Procurement documents and calculators

Specifications, RFQ templates, checklists, comparisons, and calculator outputs are starting points. Verify assumptions, measurements, manufacturer documents, clinical requirements, infrastructure, regulations, and contract terms before use.

Acceptable use

Do not misuse the site to submit patient-identifiable information, confidential credentials, malicious payloads, unlawful content, or material that infringes another party's rights. Do not attempt to disrupt, scrape abusively, reverse engineer protected services, or bypass usage controls.

Intellectual property

Original site text, structure, branding, and tools are protected to the extent allowed by law. Users may adapt downloaded procurement templates for their own legitimate organizational work. Republishing substantial site content as a competing resource requires permission.

Third parties and vendors

References to manufacturers, vendors, standards, regulators, or external services do not create endorsement or warranty. Users must perform independent due diligence and verify current terms and qualifications.

Availability and changes

Content and services may change, be corrected, or become unavailable. The site does not guarantee uninterrupted access or that every page is complete, current, or suitable for a particular procurement.

Limitation

Use is at the user's risk. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the site owner is not responsible for decisions, contracts, clinical outcomes, downtime, loss, or damages arising from reliance on site materials.

Contact

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