IPC 6 English version A61F 6/00-A61F 17/00

A61F00600-A61F01700

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]

Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor (chemical aspects of contraception A 61 K) [5]

for use by males (A 61 F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]

Condoms, sheaths or the like [5]

for use by females (A 61 F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]

Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception [5]

Diaphragms [5]

Inserters or removers [5]

intra-uterine type [5]

inflatable [5]

Inserters or removers [5]

Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders [5]

implantable in tubes [5]

characterised by valve means [5]

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]

Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling [3]

thermophore, i.e. self-heating [3]

Warming pads, pans or mats (A 61 F 7/02 takes precedence); Hot-water bottles [3]

Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags

Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities

Treatment or protection of the eyes or ears; Substitution by other senses

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)

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Methods or devices for eye surgery [6]

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for compensation of ocular refraction [6]

Goggles

Eye-masks

Masks, shields, or hoods for welders (safety devices for welding in general F 16 P 1/00)

Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception

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Methods or devices for treatment of the ears, e.g. surgical; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand

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Devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception

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Protective devices for the ears [5]

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internal, e.g. earplugs [5]

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inflatable or expandable [5]

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External mounting means [5]

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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

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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)

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Adhesive plasters or dressings (A 61 F 13/06 to A 61 F 13/15 take precedence; surgical adhesives or cements A 61 L 25/00) [4,5]

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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)

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specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings

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Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms

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specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors

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specially adapted for the head or neck

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specially adapted for the breast or abdomen (corsets or bandages for support of breast or abdomen A 61 F 5/03)

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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]

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Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor [5]

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Tampons made of rolled-up material [5]

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Cup-shaped type tampons [5]

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Means for inserting tampons [5]

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with lubricating means [5]

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Distal portion of inserting means being deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therethrough [5]

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with slidable ejector, e.g. plunger or ram, inside tubular inserting means [5]

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Means for withdrawing tampons [5]

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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]

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Swabs having a stick-type handle (A 61 F 13/40 takes precedence) [5]

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having means integral therewith for supplying media to the absorbent material, e.g. contained in a rupturable reservoir [5]

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with wetness indicator or alarm [5]

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with radio-opaque material or signalling means for residual material [5]

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containing layers having differing absorption characteristics, e.g. flow control, wicking [5]

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Compressed layers [5]

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having discontinuous areas of compression [5]

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Layers coated or treated to decrease absorbency [5]

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characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave [5]

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Supporting or fastening means [5]

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Adhesive tab fastener elements (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

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with release means associated with tab fasteners [5]

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Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

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Straps, belts, ties or endless bands (A 61 F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads [5]

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abdominal enclosing type [5]

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with openable or removable crotch portion [5]

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with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type [5]

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having means to retain absorbent pads [5]

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transverse to width of the pads or fastener elements, e.g. straps, end flaps or tucks [5]

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Button or snap fastener elements [5]

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adjustable relative to body crotch area [5]

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with means for attaching to the body [5]

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Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages

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Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears, cast-cutting saws

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First-aid kits

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