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SECTION A - HUMAN NECESSITIES

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Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment (X-ray contrast preparations A 61 K 49/04; preparations containing radioactive substances A 61 K 51/00; radiation therapy per se A 61 N 5/00; instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G 01 T 1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G 03 B 42/02; X-ray photographic processes G 03 C 5/16; irradiation devices G 21 K; X-ray apparatus or circuits therefor H 05 G 1/00)

Devices for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis (stereoscopic photography G 03 B 35/00)

Computerised tomographs (echo-tomography A 61 B 8/14; data processing equipment for medical or biological purposes G 06 F 17/00, G 06 F 19/00) [4]

Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like (operating tables A 61 G 13/00; operating chairs A 61 G 15/00)

Auxiliary means for directing the radiation beam to a particular spot, e.g. using light beams

Application or adaptation of safety means (protection against dangerous radiation in general G 21 F)

Devices for detecting or locating foreign bodies (A 61 B 6/02 takes precedence)

Applications or adaptations for dentistry

Instruments for auscultation

Electric stethoscopes (microphones, acoustic transducers therefor H 04 R)

Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves (ultrasound therapy A 61 N 7/00; systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. acoustic imaging, G 01 S 15/00) [4]

Measuring pulse or heart rate [4]

Measuring blood pressure [4]

Measuring blood flow (measuring volume flow in general G 01 F, e.g. G 01 F 1/66, G 01 F 1/72; measuring speed of fluids in general G 01 P 5/00) [4]

Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings (A 61 B 8/02 to A 61 B 8/06 take precedence) [4]

Eye inspection [4]

in body cavities or body tracts, e.g. by using catheters (catheters per se A 61 M 25/00) [4]

Tomography (A 61 B 8/10, A 61 B 8/12 take precedence; tomography for radiation diagnosis A 61 B 6/02) [5]

Echo-tomography [4]

Transmission-tomography [5]

Instruments for examination by percussion; Pleximeters

Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis (vaccination prophylaxis, vaccination therapy A 61 B 17/20); Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination (menstruation tables G 06 C 3/00); Throat striking implements [4]

Note

Attention is drawn to group A 61 F 13/15 which provides for swabs. [5]

Instruments for depressing the tongue (combined with illuminating and viewing instruments A 61 B 1/24; combined with saliva removers A 61 C 17/10) [5]

Devices specially adapted for vivisection or autopsy (similar devices for medical purposes, see the relevant groups for such devices)

Surgery

Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets (contraceptive devices, pessaries, or applicators therefor A 61 F 6/00; ophthalmology, otology A 61 F 9/00, A 61 F 11/00) [3]

for holding wounds open; Tractors (drainage appliances for wounds A 61 M 27/00)

for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed, e.g. surgical staples; Accessories for use therewith [6]

for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials (suture materials A 61 L 17/00) [3]

Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials (puncturing needles A 61 B 17/34; nerve needles A 61 C 5/02; hypodermic needles A 61 M 5/32) [3]

Needle manipulators [6]

Surgical staples [5]

Surgical staplers (for performing anastomosis A 61 B 17/115) [5]

for applying a row of staples in a single action [5]

for removing surgical staples [5]

for applying or removing wound clamps; Wound clamp magazines (containers, packaging elements or packages specially adapted for particular articles or with special means for dispensing contents B 65 D 83/00, B 65 D 85/00)

for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis

for ligaturing or otherwise compressing tubular parts of the body, e.g. blood vessels, umbilical cord (specially adapted for vas deferens or fallopian tubes A 61 F 6/20; materials for ligaturing blood vessels A 61 L 17/00)

Clamps or clips [6]

combined with cutting implements [6]

for applying or removing clamps or clips [6]

Tourniquets [6]

inflatable (for measuring blood pressure A 61 B 5/022; inflatable pressure pads A 61 F 5/34) [6]

combined with cutting implements (A 61 B 17/125 takes precedence) [6]

Surgical saws (tooth saws A 61 C 3/12; cast-cutting saws A 61 F 15/02)

Guides therefor [6]

Osteoclasts; Drills or chisels for bones; Trepans

Guides for drills [6]

for vaccinating or cleaning the skin previous to the vaccination (diagnosis by vaccination A 61 B 10/00; apparatus for injections A 61 M)

Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; for invasive removal or destruction of calculus using mechanical vibrations (ultrasound therapy A 61 N 7/00); for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for [6]

for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), e.g. by using ultrasonic waves (ultrasound therapy A 61 N 7/00) [6]

for use in the oral cavity, larynx, bronchial passages or nose (for medical inspection of cavities or tubes in the body A 61 B 1/00); Tongue scrapers

Tonsillotomes, with or without means for stopping bleeding

Surgical forceps (obstetrical forceps A 61 B 17/44)

Surgical pincettes (wound clamps A 61 B 17/08)

Surgical knives or cutting instruments; Endoscopic cutting instruments (A 61 B 17/36 takes precedence; other endoscopes A 61 B 1/00; endoscopes for biopsy A 61 B 10/00; implements for ligaturing and cutting A 61 B 17/125, A 61 B 17/138) [3]

Skin grafting apparatus [2]

Circumcision apparatus

Trocars; Puncturing needles [2]

Electrosurgical apparatus or circuits therefor; Cauterisation instruments for surgical purposes; Moxaburners; Cryogenic technique (devices for heating or cooling specific reflex points of the body within cell-life limits A 61 H 39/06; electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A 61 N) [3]

Electrically heated apparatus [3]

using high frequency current [3]

for removing hair [3]

Gynaecological or obstetrical instruments or methods (dilators A 61 M 29/00)

for reproduction or fertilisation (specially adapted for use with animals A 61 D 19/00) [5]

for artificial insemination [5]

for embryo transplantation [5]

Obstetrical forceps

Embryotomes (for animals A 61 D 1/10)

Bags for midwives

Instruments, other than pincettes or toothpicks, for removing foreign bodies from the human body (locating otherwise A 61 B 5/06; locating by radiation A 61 B 6/00 )

Chiropodists' instruments

Surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints; Devices specially adapted therefor (orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints A 61 F 5/00) [4]

for osteosynthesis, e.g. bone plates, screws or the like (A 61 B 17/14, A 61 B 17/16 take precedence) [4,6]

for external osteosynthesis, e.g. distractors, contractors (bandages, dressings or absorbent pads A 61 F 13/00) [4]

Ring frames, i.e. devices extending around the bones to be positioned (A 61 B 17/66 takes precedence) [6]

Devices extending alongside the bones to be positioned (A 61 B 17/66 takes precedence) [6]

Compression or distraction mechanisms [6]

Internal fixation devices [6]

Spinal positioners or stabilisers [6]

Intramedullary devices [6]

Devices for the head of the femur [6]

fixed by screws [6]

fixed by nails, pins or the like [6]

Cortical plates [6]

for bone cerclage [6]

Fasteners therefor [6]

Pins or screws [6]

Methods or means for implanting or extracting internal fixation devices [6]

Guides therefor [6]

Impactors or extractors, e.g. for removing intramedullary devices [6]

Instruments, implements or accessories for surgery or diagnosis not covered by any of the groups A 61 B 1/00 to A 61 B 17/00, e.g. for stereotaxis, sterile operation, luxation treatment, wound edge protectors (devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body liquids A 61 M 1/00)

Protective casings or covers for appliances or instruments, e.g. boxes or sterile covers; Instrument tables or cupboards; Doctors' bags

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