IPC 6 English version A61M !A-A61M 19/00

A61M-A61M01900

SECTION A– HUMAN NECESSITIES

A 61

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

A 61 M

DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A 61 D 7/00; means for inserting tampons A 61 F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A 61 J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A 61 J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A 61 B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A 61 L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body A 61 N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [4,5]

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers suction, pumping or atomising devices for medical use (e.g. cups, breast relievers, irrigators, sprays, powder insufflators, atomisers, inhalers), apparatus for general or local anaesthetics, devices or methods for causing a change in the state of consciousness, catheters, dilators, apparatus for introducing medicines into the body other than orally.

(2)

In this subclass, group A 61 M 36/00, which relates to the application of radioactive material to the body, takes precedence over other groups. [5]

Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems (catheters A 61 M 25/00; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A 61 M 39/00; devices for taking samples of blood A 61 B 5/14; implements for holding wounds open A 61 B 17/02; saliva removers for dentists A 61 C 17/06; filters implantable into blood vessels A 61 F 2/01; pumps in general F 04) [5]

Blood transfusion apparatus (blood infusion by syringes A 61 M 5/14)

Pneumothorax apparatus

Milking pumps (feeding-bottles A 61 J 9/00)

Cupping glasses

Blood pumps; Artificial hearts; Devices for mechanical circulatory assistance, e.g. intra-aortic balloon pumps (artificial heart valves A 61 F 2/24; heart stimulation A 61 H 31/00) [4]

implantable into the body [4]

Dialysis systems; Artificial kidneys; Blood oxygenators (processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes B 01 D 61/00; semi-permeable membranes characterised by the material, manufacturing processes therefor B 01 D 71/00) [4]

with membranes [4]

in the shape of hollow fibres [4]

tubular [4]

sheet-like [4]

spirally wound [4]

which are moving [4]

Peritoneal dialysis [4]

Single needle dialysis [4]

Oxygenators without membranes [4]

Filtering material out of the blood by passing it through a membrane, i.e. hemofiltration, diafiltration [4]

Other treatment of blood in a by-pass of the natural circulatory system, e.g. temperature adaptation, irradiation [4]

Removing constituents from donor blood and returning remainder to body [5]

Syringes; Irrigators; Baths for subaquatic intestinal cleaning (other apparatus for introducing medicines into the body A 61 M 29/00 to A 61 M 37/00) [6]

Medical syringes, e.g. enemata; Irrigators (A 61 M 5/00 takes precedence; pistons A 61 M 5/315) [2]

Enemata; Irrigators [5]

specially adapted for the uterus [5]

combined with bidets [5]

Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A 61 M 39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A 61 J 1/00) [5]

Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor (suction in pumping blood transfusion A 61 M 1/02) [5]

142

Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps [5]

Note

In this group, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:

–

"pressure infusion" includes powered injection working at a controlled rate. [5]

145

using pressurised reservoirs, e.g. by means of pistons [5]

148

flexible (A 61 M 5/155 takes precedence) [5]

152

pressurised by contraction of elastic reservoirs [5]

155

pressurised by gas [5]

158

Needles [5]

162

Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube [5]

165

Filtering accessories, e.g. blood filters, filters for infusion liquids (A 61 M 1/34, A 61 M 5/36 take precedence) [5]

168

Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters [5]

172

electrical or electronic [5]

175

mechanical [5]

178

Syringes [5]

having more than one chamber [5]

Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically (A 61 M 5/142 takes precedence) [2,5]

Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic (ampoules or carpules A 61 J 1/06) [5]

Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle [5]

Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules [5]

303

Media expelled from injector by explosive charge [5]

307

Media expelled from injector by pressurised fluid [5]

Details [2,5]

315

Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing [2,5]

Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub (infusion needles A 61 M 5/158); Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles [2,5]

Constructions for connecting the needle [2,5]

with means for eliminating or preventing injection or infusion of air into body (dialysis systems, blood oxygenators A 61 M 1/14; hemofiltration equipment A 61 M 1/34) [5]

using hydrophilic or hydrophobic filters [5]

using low-level float-valve to cut off media flow from reservoir [5]

having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced [5]

having means for cooling or heating the devices or media [5]

having means for controlling depth of insertion [5]

having means for varying, regulating, indicating or limiting injection pressure (A 61 M 5/142 takes precedence) [5]

having means for preventing re-use, or for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile [5]

Arm-rests [5]

Baths for subaquatic intestinal cleaning

Sprayers; Atomisers; Insufflators

11/

Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes (in general B 05 B)

11/

operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised

11/

operated by the vapour pressure of the liquid to be sprayed or atomised

11/

of the injector type

11/

Pocket atomisers of the injector type

13/

Insufflators for therapeutic or disinfectant purposes (for the destruction of noxious animals or noxious plants A 01 M)

Inhaling devices

15/

Inhalators

15/

with activated or ionized gases; Ozone-inhalators

15/

Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes

15/

Inhaling devices inserted into the nose

16/

Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes (stimulating the respiratory movement by mechanical, pneumatic or electrical means, iron lungs combined with gas breathing means A 61 H 31/00; respiratory apparatus in general A 62 B; respirators for working under water B 63 C 11/00) [4]

16/

specially adapted for anaesthetising [4]

16/

Tracheal tubes (catheters in general A 61 M 25/00) [4]

16/

Respiratory or anaesthetic masks [4]

16/

Bellows; Connecting tubes [4]

16/

Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours [4]

16/

by mixing different gases [4]

16/

by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase [4]

16/

Devices to humidify the respiration air [4]

16/

Vaporising devices for anaesthetic preparations [4]

16/

Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices [4]

16/

Carbon dioxide-absorbing devices (cartridges with absorbing substances for respiratory apparatus A 62 B 19/00) [4]

Other devices for producing sleep or stupor; Devices for ending sleep or stupor [4]

19/

Local anaesthesia (syringes therefor A 61 M 5/00); Hypothermia (A 61 M 5/42 takes precedence; cooling blood in a bypass of the arterial system A 61 M 1/36) [2]

A61M 21/00 - A61M 39/28