IPC 6 English version A61F-A61F 5/58

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SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 61

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A 61 F

FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A 61 C) [6]

Prostheses or accessories (anatomic models, educational appliances G 09 B)

Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body (as cosmetic articles, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. wigs, hair pieces, A 41 G 3/00, A 41 G 5/00, artificial nails A 45 D 31/00; dental prostheses A 61 C 13/00; materials for prostheses A 61 L 27/00; artificial hearts A 61 M 1/10; artificial kidneys A 61 M 1/14) [4,6]

Filters implantable into blood vessels [6]

Prostheses implantable into the body [4]

Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi, bile ducts (A 61 F 2/18, A 61 F 2/20 take precedence) [4]

Blood vessels [4]

Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments [4]

Hair or skin implants [4]

Mammary prostheses [4]

Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants (removable contact lenses G 02 C 7/04); Artificial eyes (making thereof from organic plastic material B 29 C, B 29 D 11/02) [4]

Intraocular lenses [4]

Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums [4]

Larynxes; Tracheae combined with larynxes or for use therewith (tracheae, bronchi per se A 61 F 2/04) [4]

Heart valves [4]

Penis implants [4]

Bones (joints A 61 F 2/30) [4]

Joints [4]

for the hip [4]

Acetabular cups [4]

Femoral heads [4]

for elbows or knees [4]

for shoulders [4]

for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes [4]

for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs [4]

Special tools for implanting artificial joints (surgical instruments A 61 B 17/00) [4]

Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters [4]

Prostheses not implantable in the body [4]

Mammary prostheses (brassieres A 41 C 3/00) [4]

Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof [4]

adjustable [4]

Elbows; Wrists [4]

Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof [4]

adjustable, e.g. adjustable shank, thigh, or tubular skeletal system [4]

Knee joints [4]

Feet; Ankle joints [4]

Operating or control means [4]

electrical [4]

Bioelectrical control, e.g. myoelectric [4]

fluid [4]

Means for assembling, fitting, or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing [4]

Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump [4]

Sockets, e.g. of suction type [4]

Lengthening pieces for natural legs

Methods or devices enabling invalids to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body (operating or control means for prostheses A 61 F 2/48, A 61 F 2/68) [4]

Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints (surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints, devices specially adapted therefor A 61 B 17/56); Nursing devices (bandages, dressings or absorbent pads A 61 F 13/00) [3,4,5]

Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces

Orthopaedic corsets (arm-rests for use as writing aids B 43 L 15/00)

Corsets or bandages for abdomen, teat, or breast support, with or without pads (brassieres A 41 C 3/00)

Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints [4]

042

for extension or stretching [6]

045

Equipment for beds, treatment tables, floor frames or the like [6]

048

Traction splints [6]

for immobilising (A 61 F 5/042 takes precedence) [6]

052

specially adapted to facilitate walking, e.g. ambulatory braces [6]

055

Cervical collars [6]

058

Splints (A 61 F 5/052 takes precedence) [6]

Devices for correcting deformities of the nose

Devices for correcting deformities of the fingers

Devices for correcting deformities of the nails

Special medical insertions for shoes for flat-feet, club-feet, or the like (ordinary arch supports A 43 B 7/14)

Trusses

with belt springs

Supports for trusses

Pressure pads (corn-pads, corn-rings A 61 F 13/06)

Adjustable pressure pads

Pressure pads filled with air or liquid (valves specially adapted for medical use A 61 M 39/00; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B 60 C 29/00)

Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts

Suspensory bandages

Devices for promoting penis erection (penis implants A 61 F 2/26; massage of the genitals A 61 H 19/00) [4]

Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge (absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A 61 F 13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A 61 M 27/00); Colostomy devices (materials therefor A 61 L 25/00)

441

having deodorant means, e.g. filters [4]

442

having irrigation ports or means (irrigators A 61 M 3/02) [4]

443

having hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums [4]

445

Colostomy devices (A 61 F 5/441, A 61 F 5/442, A 61 F 5/443 take precedence) [4]

447

Bag anticollapse features [4]

448

Means attaching bag to seal ring [4]

449

Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments [4]

451

Genital receptacles (A 61 F 5/441, A 61 F 5/442, A 61 F 5/443 take precedence) [4]

452

with separate faecal receiving compartment [4]

453

for collecting urine or other discharge from male member (A 61 F 6/04 takes precedence) [4]

455

for collecting urine or discharge from female member [4]

457

Body securing means, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses [4]

458

adherent or inflatable type (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B 60 C 29/00) [4]

Devices for preventing wetting or pollution of the bed

Devices for preventing finger-sucking

Devices for preventing snoring

Apparatus for correcting stammering or stuttering

A61F 6/00 - A61F 17/00