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IPC6

SECTION A - HUMAN NECESSITIES

ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY;...

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A 61 N

ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bio-electric currents A 61 B; electrosurgical apparatus or circuits therefor A 61 B 17/36; physical therapy arrangements in general A 61 H; anaesthetic apparatus in general A 61 M; incandescent lamps H 01 K; infra-red radiators for heating H 05 B) [6]

Note

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"therapy" implies that the treatment, when it aims at destroying sick or abnormal cells, is performed within the limits of healthy cell life, the destruction thereof being undesired, contrary to that which takes place with the electrosurgical apparatus or processes covered by group A 61 B 17/36. [5]

Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor (A 61 N 2/00 takes precedence; irradiation apparatus A 61 N 5/00) [5]

for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode (A 61 N 1/06 takes precedence) [4]

for high-frequency therapy

Arrangements or circuits for monitoring, protecting, controlling or indicating (for a single specific type of apparatus A 61 N 1/10 to A 61 N 1/44; measuring electric variables G 01 R; control of generator output in general H 02 P, H 03 L) [4]

Applying static electricity (applying ionised gases or vapours A 61 N 1/44)

Leading-off electric charges, e.g. by earthing

Screening or neutralising undesirable influences from atmospheric or terrestrial radiation or fields

Applying electric currents by contact electrodes

continuous direct currents

Electromedical belts

with built-in power source

Electromedical brushes; Electromedical massage devices

Apparatus for applying thermoelectric currents

Apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis

alternating or intermittent currents

for producing anaesthesia

for stimulation, e.g. heart pace-makers

Heart stimulators (A 61 N 1/372 takes precedence; heart defibrilators A 61 N 1/39) [4]

controlled by a physiological parameter, e.g. by heart potential [4]

comprising more than one electrode co-operating with different heart regions [4]

Monitoring; Protecting [4]

Arrangements in connection with the implantation of stimulators [4]

Constructional arrangements, e.g. casings [4]

Electrical supply [4]

for producing shock effects (in general H 05 C 1/00)

Heart defibrillators [4]

Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling (microwave apparatus A 61 N 5/00)

Applying ionised fluids

Magnetotherapy [5]

using magnetic fields produced by coils, including single turn loops or electromagnets (A 61 N 2/12 takes precedence) [5]

using variable fields, e.g. low frequency or pulsating fields [5]

using magnetic fields produced by permanent magnets (A 61 N 2/12 takes precedence) [5]

applied externally [5]

applied within the body, e.g. with injected or implanted elements [5]

using variable magnetic fields obtained by mechanical movement [5]

Radiation therapy (ultrasound therapy A 61 N 7/00; devices or apparatus applicable to both therapy and diagnosis A 61 B 6/00; applying radioactive material to the body A 61 M 36/00) [5,6]

Devices for producing movement of radiation source during therapy

Microwave apparatus (A 61 N 5/01 takes precedence)

Radiators for near-field treatment

Infra-red, visible-light, or ultra-violet apparatus (A 61 N 5/01 takes precedence)

Combined infra-red and ultra-violet apparatus

X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy (A 61 N 5/01 takes precedence)

Ultrasound therapy (lithotripsy A 61 B 17/22, A 61 B 17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A 61 H 23/00) [6]

Localised ultrasound hyperthermia [6]