Medical Replication Unit

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Medical Replication Units are specialized replicators optimized to produce and destroy medicinal and biologic materials for utilization by a ship or station's Sickbay or Infirmary. These units are preprogrammed with every known medicine formula and medical tool schematic and require little input from the person operating it for that purpose. At the same time, they are engineered to handle replication/dematerialization at the smallest levels, given the need for precision and safety when dealing with living organisms. This allows medical personnel to control the process even at the sub-atomic or molecular level. They can also replicate living tissue (but not substain it) when needed for organ replacement, skin grafts, genetic engineering, etc. Such precision does come at a price, as these units use up a considerable amount of computer memory as compared to standard replicators.

Material placed back into a medical replication unit is considered a potential biohazard and is immediately converted into inert carbon molecules before being examined and sent to matter recycling.