PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR...
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PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (methods or devices enabling invalids to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body A 61 F 4/00; electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy A 61 N)
Note
In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:
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"physical therapy" covers the treatment of disease or disability by means, e.g. mechanical means, as opposed to drugs or surgery. It includes, by way of example, massage, whirlpool baths and devices for exercising a passive body member.
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Apparatus for passive exercising (A 61 H 5/00 takes precedence); Vibrating apparatus [2]
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Stretching or bending apparatus for exercising
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Appliances for aiding invalids to walk about (apparatus for helping babies to walk A 47 D 13/04; exercising apparatus for the feet or toes A 63 B 23/10)
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Crutches
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Wheeled walking aids for invalids
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Walking aids for blind persons (walking sticks A 45 B; replacing direct visual perception by another kind of perception A 61 F 9/08)
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Exercisers for the eyes
Massage (of the heart A 61 H 31/00; accessories for massage A 61 H 37/00; electro-medical massage devices applying electric current by contact A 61 N 1/18)
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Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for (brushes in general A 46; bathing sponges, brushes, gloves or similar cleaning or rubbing implements not specially for massage A 47 K 7/02; suction devices for nursing A 61 M 1/06, A 61 M 1/08)
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Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
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Belts, strips, or combs for massage purposes
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Massage devices with strips oscillating lengthwise
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Gum massage
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Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
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adapted for simultaneous treatment with light, heat, or drugs
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Massage of the genitals
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Massage devices for cavities of the body
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Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
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with electric or magnetic drive [2]
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with hydraulic or pneumatic drive
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Hand percussion
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Artificial respiration or heart stimulation (artificial respiration by treatment with gas or air, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration, A 61 M 16/00; applying electric currents by contact electrodes for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers,
A 61 N 1/36)
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"Iron-lungs", whether or not combined with gas breathing means
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Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes (A 61 H 35/00 takes precedence; for subaquatic intestinal cleaning A 61 M 9/00; electric or magnetic baths, applying ionised fluids
A 61 N 1/44) [6]
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Bathing devices for use with gas-containing liquid, or liquid in which gas is led or generated, e.g. carbon dioxide baths
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Appliances for sand, mud, or foam baths; Appliances for metal baths, e.g. using metal salt solutions [6]
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Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths (pneumatic chambers
A 61 G 10/00)
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Air douches for hygienic purposes (hair-driers A 45 D 20/00; body-drying devices A 47 K 10/48; electric heating elements H 05 B)
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Devices on tubs for steam baths
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Steam baths for the face
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Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like (production of ozone or hydrogen
C 01 B, C 25 B 1/02)
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Baths for specific parts of the body, e.g. breast douches (bidets without upward-spraying means A 47 K 3/22; devices for cleaning the buttocks
A 47 K 7/08; for subaquatic intestinal cleaning A 61 M 9/00) [6]
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for the eyes [6]
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for the nose [6]
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Sweating suits
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Accessories for massage [6]
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Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture (chiropodists' instruments A 61 B 17/54) [2]
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Devices for locating such points [2]
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Devices for pressing such points, e.g. shiatsu (massage or pressure on general areas A 61 H 9/00 to A 61 H 23/00) [2]
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Devices for heating or cooling such points within cell-life limits (cauterisers, moxaburners, cryogenic apparatus A 61 B 17/36; heating or cooling appliances for medical treatment of general areas of the human body A 61 F 7/00) [2]
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Devices for applying needles to such points, i.e. for acupuncture [2]
