IPC 7 English version A61F 6/00-A61F 113:00

IPC ⁷ English version

A61F - A61F 5/58

A61F00600-A61F11300

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 A61C) [6]

Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor (chemical aspects of contraception A61K) [5]

for use by males (A61F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]

Condoms, sheaths or the like [5]

for use by females (A61F 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 A47C 21/00; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound A61N; electric heating elements H05B) [5]

Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling [3]

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

Warming pads, pans or mats (A61F 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 A42B 1/06; visors for helmets A42B 3/22; appliances to aid invalids to move about A61H 3/00; eye baths A61H 35/02; sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles G02C)

007

Methods or devices for eye surgery [6]

008

using laser [7]

009

Auxiliary devices for making contact with the eyeball and coupling-in laser light [7]

Treatment of the cornea [7]

011

invasive [7]

013

for compensation of ocular refraction (A61F 9/008 takes precedence) [6,7]

Goggles

Eye-masks

Masks, shields, or hoods for welders (safety devices for welding in general F16P 1/00)

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

11/

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

11/

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

11/

Protective devices for the ears [5]

11/

internal, e.g. earplugs [5]

11/

inflatable or expandable [5]

11/

External mounting means [5]

11/

external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs (headwear, e.g. caps or helmets, with means for protecting the ears A42B 1/06, A42B 3/16) [5]

Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; First-aid kits

13/

Bandages or dressings (suspensory bandages A61F 5/40; radioactive dressings A61M 36/14); Absorbent pads (chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads A61L 15/00, A61L 26/00)

Note

In this group, it is desirable to add the indexing codes of groups A61F 101:00 to A61F 105:00. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [7]

13/

Adhesive plasters or dressings (A61F 13/06 to A61F 13/15 take precedence; surgical adhesives or cements A61L 24/00) [4,5]

13/

Plaster of Paris bandages; Other stiffening bandages (A61F 13/06 to A61F 13/15 take precedence; orthopaedic casts made from stiffening bandages A61F 5/01)

13/

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

13/

Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms

13/

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

13/

specially adapted for the head or neck

13/

specially adapted for the breast or abdomen (corsets or bandages for support of breast or abdomen A61F 5/03)

13/

Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body (non-absorbent catamenial receptacles A61F 5/44); Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators [5]

13/

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

13/

Tampons made of rolled-up material [5]

13/

Cup-shaped type tampons [5]

13/

Means for inserting tampons [5]

13/

with lubricating means [5]

13/

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

13/

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

13/

Means for withdrawing tampons [5]

13/

Surgical swabs, e.g. for absorbency or packing body cavities during surgery (A61F 13/38, A61F 13/40 take precedence) [5]

13/

Swabs having a stick-type handle (A61F 13/40 takes precedence) [5]

13/

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

13/

with wetness indicator or alarm [5]

13/

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

13/

characterised by the shape (cup-shaped type tampons A61F 13/24) [7]

Note

In groups A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/496, with the exception of groups A61F 13/471 and A61F 13/472, it is desirable to add the indexing codes of groups A61F 111:00 and A61F 113:00. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [7]

13/

(transferred to A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/53)

13/

Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins (A61F 13/49 takes precedence) [7]

13/

471

specially adapted for male use (A61F 13/474, A61F 13/475 take precedence) [7]

13/

472

specially adapted for female use (A61F 13/474, A61F 13/475 take precedence) [7]

13/

474

adjustable [7]

13/

475

characterised by edge leakage prevention means [7]

13/

476

characterised by encircling the crotch region of the undergarment, e.g. with flaps [7]

13/

(transferred to A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/53)

13/

specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies [7]

13/

491

specially adapted for gender distinct urine discharge pattern [7]

13/

493

adjustable [7]

13/

494

characterised by edge leakage prevention means [7]

13/

495

with faecal cavity [7]

13/

496

in the form of pants or briefs [7]

13/

(transferred to A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/53)

13/

505

with separable parts, e.g. combination of disposable and reusable parts (A61F 13/20 takes precedence; supporting or fastening means A61F 13/56) [7]

13/

characterised by the outer layers of the pads (A61F 13/20 takes precedence) [7]

13/

511

Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin [7]

13/

512

characterised by its apertures, e.g. perforations [7]

13/

513

having areas of different permeability [7]

13/

514

Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin [7]

13/

515

characterised by the interconnection of the topsheet and the backsheet [7]

13/

(transferred to A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/53)

13/

characterised by the absorbing medium (A61F 13/20 takes precedence) [7]

13/

531

having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad (A61F 13/538, A61F 13/539 take precedence) [7]

13/

532

inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad [7]

13/

533

having discontinuous areas of compression [7]

13/

534

having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad (A61F 13/538, A61F 13/539 take precedence; homogeneous cores with tissue wrapping A61F 13/531) [7]

13/

535

inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad, e.g. core absorbent layers being of different sizes (A61F 13/537 takes precedence) [7]

13/

536

having discontinuous areas of compression [7]

13/

537

characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer [7]

13/

538

characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave [7]

13/

539

characterised by the connection of absorbent layers with each other or with the outer layers [7]

13/

(transferred to A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/53)

13/

551

Packages or wrapping arrangements for used pads, e.g. for disposal [7]

13/

Supporting or fastening means [5]

13/

Adhesive tab fastener elements (A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

13/

with release means associated with tab fasteners [5]

13/

Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop (A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

13/

Straps, belts, ties or endless bands (A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

13/

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

13/

abdominal enclosing type [5]

13/

with openable or removable crotch portion [5]

13/

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

13/

having means to retain absorbent pads [5]

13/

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

13/

Button or snap fastener elements [5]

13/

adjustable relative to body crotch area [5]

13/

with means for attaching to the body [5]

13/

Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads [7]

15/

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

15/

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

17/

First-aid kits

Indexing scheme associated with group A61F 13/00, relating to properties of absorbent pads. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [7]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [7]

101:

Soluble or disintegratable in liquid [7]

103:

Compostable or biodegradable [7]

105:

Reusable [7]

Indexing scheme associated with groups A61F 13/45 to A61F 13/496, with the exception of groups A61F 13/471 and A61F 13/472, relating to the adaptation to the gender of the user. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [7]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [7]

111:

Special adaptation for male use [7]

113:

Special adaptation for female use [7]

A61F - A61F 5/58