Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor (chemical aspects of contraception
A 61 K) [5]
6
/
02
•
for use by males (A 61 F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]
6
/
04
•
•
Condoms, sheaths or the like [5]
6
/
06
•
for use by females (A 61 F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]
6
/
08
•
•
Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception [5]
6
/
10
•
•
•
Diaphragms [5]
6
/
12
•
•
•
Inserters or removers [5]
6
/
14
•
•
intra-uterine type [5]
6
/
16
•
•
•
inflatable [5]
6
/
18
•
•
•
Inserters or removers [5]
6
/
20
•
Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders [5]
6
/
22
•
•
implantable in tubes [5]
6
/
24
•
•
•
characterised by valve means [5]
7
/
00
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses A 47 C 21/00; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A 61 N; electric heating elements H 05 B) [5]
7
/
02
•
Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling [3]
7
/
03
•
•
thermophore, i.e. self-heating [3]
7
/
08
•
Warming pads, pans or mats (A 61 F 7/02 takes precedence); Hot-water bottles [3]
7
/
10
•
Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
7
/
12
•
Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
Treatment or protection of the eyes or ears; Substitution by other senses
9
/
00
Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand (caps with means for protecting the eyes A 42 B 1/06; visors for helmets A 42 B 3/22; appliances to aid invalids to move about
A 61 H 3/00; eye baths A 61 H 35/02; sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles G 02 C)
9
/
007
•
Methods or devices for eye surgery [6]
9
/
013
•
•
for compensation of ocular refraction [6]
9
/
02
•
Goggles
9
/
04
•
Eye-masks
9
/
06
•
•
Masks, shields, or hoods for welders (safety devices for welding in general
F 16 P 1/00)
9
/
08
•
Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception
11
/
00
Methods or devices for treatment of the ears, e.g. surgical; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
11
/
04
•
Devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception
11
/
06
•
Protective devices for the ears [5]
11
/
08
•
•
internal, e.g. earplugs [5]
11
/
10
•
•
•
inflatable or expandable [5]
11
/
12
•
•
•
External mounting means [5]
11
/
14
•
•
external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs (headwear, e.g. caps or helmets, with means for protecting the ears
A 42 B 1/06, A 42 B 3/16) [5]
Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; First-aid kits
13
/
00
Bandages or dressings (suspensory bandages A 61 F 5/40; radioactive dressings A 61 M 36/14); Absorbent pads (chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads A 61 L 15/00)
Plaster of Paris bandages; Other stiffening bandages (A 61 F 13/06 to A 61 F 13/15 take precedence; orthopaedic casts made from stiffening bandages A 61 F 5/01)
13
/
06
•
specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings
13
/
08
•
•
Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms
13
/
10
•
specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors
13
/
12
•
specially adapted for the head or neck
13
/
14
•
specially adapted for the breast or abdomen (corsets or bandages for support of breast or abdomen A 61 F 5/03)
13
/
15
•
Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body (non-absorbent catamenial receptacles A 61 F 5/44); Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators [5]
13
/
20
•
•
Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor [5]
13
/
22
•
•
•
Tampons made of rolled-up material [5]
13
/
24
•
•
•
Cup-shaped type tampons [5]
13
/
26
•
•
•
Means for inserting tampons [5]
13
/
28
•
•
•
•
with lubricating means [5]
13
/
30
•
•
•
•
Distal portion of inserting means being deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therethrough [5]
13
/
32
•
•
•
•
with slidable ejector, e.g. plunger or ram, inside tubular inserting means [5]
13
/
34
•
•
•
Means for withdrawing tampons [5]
13
/
36
•
•
Surgical swabs, e.g. for absorbency or packing body cavities during surgery (A 61 F 13/38
, A 61 F 13/40 take precedence) [5]
13
/
38
•
•
Swabs having a stick-type handle (A 61 F 13/40 takes precedence) [5]
13
/
40
•
•
having means integral therewith for supplying media to the absorbent material, e.g. contained in a rupturable reservoir [5]
13
/
42
•
•
with wetness indicator or alarm [5]
13
/
44
•
•
with radio-opaque material or signalling means for residual material [5]
13
/
46
•
•
containing layers having differing absorption characteristics, e.g. flow control, wicking [5]
13
/
48
•
•
•
Compressed layers [5]
13
/
50
•
•
•
•
having discontinuous areas of compression [5]
13
/
52
•
•
•
Layers coated or treated to decrease absorbency [5]
13
/
54
•
•
characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave [5]
13
/
56
•
•
Supporting or fastening means [5]
13
/
58
•
•
•
Adhesive tab fastener elements (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]
13
/
60
•
•
•
•
with release means associated with tab fasteners [5]
13
/
62
•
•
•
Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]
13
/
64
•
•
•
Straps, belts, ties or endless bands (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]
13
/
66
•
•
•
Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads [5]
13
/
68
•
•
•
•
abdominal enclosing type [5]
13
/
70
•
•
•
•
•
with openable or removable crotch portion [5]
13
/
72
•
•
•
•
•
with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type [5]
13
/
74
•
•
•
•
having means to retain absorbent pads [5]
13
/
76
•
•
•
•
•
transverse to width of the pads or fastener elements, e.g. straps, end flaps or tucks [5]
13
/
78
•
•
•
•
•
•
Button or snap fastener elements [5]
13
/
80
•
•
•
•
adjustable relative to body crotch area [5]
13
/
82
•
•
•
•
with means for attaching to the body [5]
15
/
00
Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages
15
/
02
•
Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears, cast-cutting saws
