vaakumimeetmed
Vaakumimeetmed, meaning “vacuum methods” in Estonian, refer to techniques that use reduced ambient pressure to enable or enhance processes that are difficult or impossible at atmospheric pressure. The term covers a range of applications across medicine, science, and industry, united by the goal of leveraging a vacuum to control fluid flow, phase changes, or material properties.
In medicine, vacuum methods include negative-pressure wound therapy (vacuum-assisted closure) which applies suction to wounds to
In science and industry, vacuum methods are employed for distillation, drying, filtration, and coating processes, where
Common equipment includes vacuum pumps (rotary vane, piston, turbomolecular), vacuum chambers, gauges, and seals. Challenges involve
See also: vacuum technology; negative-pressure wound therapy; vacuum-assisted biopsy; vacuum packaging.