A
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES
  
HEALTH; AMUSEMENT
 A61
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
 A61F
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)  [6,8]
 A61F
Subclass index
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES OR ACCESSORIES 2/00, 3/00
INVALID OPERATED APPARATUS OR DEVICES 4/00
ORTHOPAEDICS, NURSING, CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES 5/00, 6/00
FOMENTATION, HEATING OR COOLING 7/00
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF THE EYES OR EARS, SUBSTITUTION BY OTHER SENSES 9/00, 11/00
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS 13/00, 15/00; 17/00
 A61F 2/00 - 
A61F 4/00
Filters, devices providing patency to tubular structures, prostheses or accessories (anatomic models, educational appliances G09B)
P:10 A61F 2/00
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (as cosmetic articles, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. wigs, hair pieces, A41G 3/00, A41G 5/00, artificial nails A45D 31/00; dental prostheses A61C 13/00; materials for prostheses A61L 27/00; artificial hearts A61M 1/10; artificial kidneys A61M 1/14)  [4,6,8]
 A61F 2/01
·  Filters implantable into blood vessels  [6]
 A61F 2/02
·  Prostheses implantable into the body  [4]
 A61F 2/04
·  ·  Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi, bile ducts (A61F 2/18, A61F 2/20 take precedence; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents A61F 2/82)  [4,8]
 A61F 2/06
·  ·  ·  Blood vessels  [4]
 A61F 2/08
·  ·  Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments  [4]
 A61F 2/10
·  ·  Hair or skin implants  [4]
 A61F 2/12
·  ·  Mammary prostheses  [4]
 A61F 2/14
·  ·  Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants (removable contact lenses G02C 7/04); Artificial eyes (making thereof from organic plastic material B29C, B29D 11/02)  [4]
 A61F 2/16
·  ·  ·  Intraocular lenses  [4]
 A61F 2/18
·  ·  Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums  [4]
 A61F 2/20
·  ·  Larynxes; Tracheae combined with larynxes or for use therewith (tracheae, bronchi per se A61F 2/04)  [4]
 A61F 2/24
·  ·  Heart valves  [4]
 A61F 2/26
·  ·  Penis implants  [4]
 A61F 2/28
·  ·  Bones (joints A61F 2/30)  [4]
 A61F 2/30
·  ·  Joints  [4]
 A61F 2/32
·  ·  ·  for the hip  [4]
 A61F 2/34
·  ·  ·  ·  Acetabular cups  [4]
 A61F 2/36
·  ·  ·  ·  Femoral heads  [4]
 A61F 2/38
·  ·  ·  for elbows or knees  [4]
 A61F 2/40
·  ·  ·  for shoulders  [4]
 A61F 2/42
·  ·  ·  for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes  [4]
 A61F 2/44
·  ·  ·  for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs  [4]
 A61F 2/46
·  ·  ·  Special tools for implanting artificial joints (surgical instruments A61B 17/00)  [4]
 A61F 2/48
·  ·  Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters  [4]
 A61F 2/50
·  Prostheses not implantable in the body  [4]
 A61F 2/52
·  ·  Mammary prostheses (brassières A41C 3/00)  [4]
 A61F 2/54
·  ·  Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof  [4]
 A61F 2/56
·  ·  ·  adjustable  [4]
 A61F 2/58
·  ·  ·  Elbows; Wrists  [4]
 A61F 2/60
·  ·  Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof  [4]
 A61F 2/62
·  ·  ·  adjustable, e.g. adjustable shank, thigh, or tubular skeletal system  [4]
 A61F 2/64
·  ·  ·  Knee joints  [4]
 A61F 2/66
·  ·  ·  Feet; Ankle joints  [4]
 A61F 2/68
·  ·  Operating or control means  [4]
 A61F 2/70
·  ·  ·  electrical  [4]
 A61F 2/72
·  ·  ·  ·  Bioelectric control, e.g. myoelectric  [4]
 A61F 2/74
·  ·  ·  fluid  [4]
 A61F 2/76
·  ·  Means for assembling, fitting, or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing  [4]
 A61F 2/78
·  ·  Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump  [4]
 A61F 2/80
·  ·  ·  Sockets, e.g. of suction type  [4]
 A61F 2/82
·  Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents (for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed A61B 17/03; dilators A61M 29/00)  [8]
 A61F 2/84
·  ·  Instruments specially adapted for their placement or removal  [8]
 A61F 2/86
·  ·  Stents formed from wire-like elements  [8]
 A61F 2/88
·  ·  ·  formed as helical or spiral coils (nets formed from intersecting coils A61F 2/90)  [8]
 A61F 2/90
·  ·  ·  the wire-like elements forming a net structure  [8]
 A61F 2/92
·  ·  Stents in the form of a rolled-up sheet expanding after insertion into the vessel  [8]
 A61F 2/94
·  ·  Stents retaining their form after locating in the predetermined place  [8]
P:20 A61F 3/00
Lengthening pieces for natural legs
P:0 A61F 4/00
Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body (operating or control means for prostheses A61F 2/48, A61F 2/68)  [4]
   
P:30 A61F 5/00
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 A61B 17/56); Nursing devices (bandages, dressings or absorbent pads A61F 13/00)  [3,4,5]
 A61F 5/00

Note(s)

This group does not cover chiropractic methods or devices, which are covered by group A61H 1/00[7]

 A61F 5/01
·  Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces
 A61F 5/02
·  ·  Orthopaedic corsets (arm-rests for use as writing aids B43L 15/00)
 A61F 5/03
·  ·  Corsets or bandages for abdomen, teat, or breast support, with or without pads (brassières A41C 3/00)
 A61F 5/04
·  ·  Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints  [4]
 A61F 5/042
·  ·  ·  for extension or stretching  [6]
 A61F 5/045
·  ·  ·  ·  Equipment for beds, treatment tables, floor frames or the like  [6]
 A61F 5/048
·  ·  ·  ·  Traction splints  [6]
 A61F 5/05
·  ·  ·  for immobilising (A61F 5/042 takes precedence)  [6]
 A61F 5/052
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted to facilitate walking, e.g. ambulatory braces  [6]
 A61F 5/055
·  ·  ·  ·  Cervical collars  [6]
 A61F 5/058
·  ·  ·  ·  Splints (A61F 5/052 takes precedence)  [6]
 A61F 5/08
·  ·  Devices for correcting deformities of the nose
 A61F 5/10
·  ·  Devices for correcting deformities of the fingers
 A61F 5/11
·  ·  Devices for correcting deformities of the nails
 A61F 5/14
·  ·  Special medical insertions for shoes for flat-feet, club-feet, or the like (ordinary arch supports A43B 7/14)
 A61F 5/24
·  ·  Trusses
 A61F 5/26
·  ·  ·  with belt springs
 A61F 5/28
·  ·  ·  Supports for trusses
 A61F 5/30
·  ·  Pressure pads (corn-pads, corn-rings A61F 13/06)
 A61F 5/32
·  ·  ·  Adjustable pressure pads
 A61F 5/34
·  ·  ·  Pressure pads filled with air or liquid (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M 39/00; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C 29/00)
 A61F 5/37
·  Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts
 A61F 5/40
·  Suspensory bandages
 A61F 5/41
·  Devices for promoting penis erection (penis implants A61F 2/26; massage of the genitals A61H 19/00)  [4]
 A61F 5/44
·  Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge (absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, A61F 13/15; drainage appliances for wounds A61M 27/00); Colostomy devices (adhesives for colostomy devices A61L 24/00; materials for colostomy devices A61L 28/00)
 A61F 5/441
·  ·  having deodorant means, e.g. filters  [4]
 A61F 5/442
·  ·  having irrigation ports or means (irrigators A61M 3/02)  [4]
 A61F 5/443
·  ·  having hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums  [4]
 A61F 5/445
·  ·  Colostomy devices (A61F 5/441, A61F 5/442, A61F 5/443 take precedence)  [4]
 A61F 5/447
·  ·  ·  Bag anticollapse features  [4]
 A61F 5/448
·  ·  ·  Means attaching bag to seal ring  [4]
 A61F 5/449
·  ·  ·  Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments  [4]
 A61F 5/451
·  ·  Genital receptacles (A61F 5/441, A61F 5/442, A61F 5/443 take precedence)  [4]
 A61F 5/452
·  ·  ·  with separate faecal receiving compartment  [4]
 A61F 5/453
·  ·  ·  for collecting urine or other discharge from male member (A61F 6/04 takes precedence)  [4]
 A61F 5/455
·  ·  ·  for collecting urine or discharge from female member  [4]
 A61F 5/457
·  ·  ·  Body securing means, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses  [4]
 A61F 5/458
·  ·  ·  ·  adherent or inflatable type (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C 29/00)  [4]
 A61F 5/48
·  Devices for preventing wetting or pollution of the bed
 A61F 5/50
·  Devices for preventing finger-sucking
 A61F 5/56
·  Devices for preventing snoring
 A61F 5/58
·  Apparatus for correcting stammering or stuttering
P:40 A61F 6/00
Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor (chemical aspects of contraception A61K)  [5]
 A61F 6/02
·  for use by males (A61F 6/20 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 6/04
·  ·  Condoms, sheaths or the like  [5]
 A61F 6/06
·  for use by females (A61F 6/20 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 6/08
·  ·  Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception  [5]
 A61F 6/10
·  ·  ·  Diaphragms  [5]
 A61F 6/12
·  ·  ·  Inserters or removers  [5]
 A61F 6/14
·  ·  intra-uterine type  [5]
 A61F 6/16
·  ·  ·  inflatable  [5]
 A61F 6/18
·  ·  ·  Inserters or removers  [5]
 A61F 6/20
·  Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders  [5]
 A61F 6/22
·  ·  implantable in tubes  [5]
 A61F 6/24
·  ·  ·  characterised by valve means  [5]
P:50 A61F 7/00
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]
 A61F 7/02
·  Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling  [3]
 A61F 7/03
·  ·  thermophore, i.e. self-heating  [3]
 A61F 7/08
·  Warming pads, pans or mats (A61F 7/02 takes precedence); Hot-water bottles  [3]
 A61F 7/10
·  Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
 A61F 7/12
·  Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities
 A61F 9/00 - 
A61F 11/00
Treatment or protection of the eyes or ears; Substitution by other senses
P:60 A61F 9/00
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 for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H 3/00; eye baths A61H 35/02; sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles G02C)
 A61F 9/007
·  Methods or devices for eye surgery  [6]
 A61F 9/008
·  ·  using laser  [7]
 A61F 9/009
·  ·  ·  Auxiliary devices for making contact with the eyeball and coupling-in laser light  [7]
 A61F 9/01
·  ·  ·  Treatment of the cornea  [7]
 A61F 9/011
·  ·  ·  invasive  [7]
 A61F 9/013
·  ·  for compensation of ocular refraction (A61F 9/008 takes precedence)  [6,7]
 A61F 9/02
·  Goggles
 A61F 9/04
·  Eye-masks
 A61F 9/06
·  ·  Masks, shields, or hoods for welders (safety devices for welding in general F16P 1/00)
 A61F 9/08
·  Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception
P:70 A61F 11/00
Methods or devices for treatment of the ears, e.g. surgical; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand (headwear, e.g. caps or helmets, with means for protecting the ears A42B 1/06, A42B 3/16)
 A61F 11/04
·  Devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception
 A61F 11/06
·  Protective devices for the ears  [5]
 A61F 11/08
·  ·  internal, e.g. earplugs  [5]
 A61F 11/10
·  ·  ·  inflatable or expandable  [5]
 A61F 11/12
·  ·  ·  External mounting means  [5]
 A61F 11/14
·  ·  external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs  [5]
 A61F 13/00 - 
A61F 17/00
Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; First-aid kits
P:90 A61F 13/00
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)
 A61F 13/02
·  Adhesive plasters or dressings (A61F 13/06-A61F 13/15 take precedence; surgical adhesives or cements A61L 24/00)  [4,5]
 A61F 13/04
·  Plaster of Paris bandages; Other stiffening bandages (A61F 13/06-A61F 13/15 take precedence; orthopaedic casts made from stiffening bandages A61F 5/01)
 A61F 13/06
·  specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings
 A61F 13/08
·  ·  Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms
 A61F 13/10
·  specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors
 A61F 13/12
·  specially adapted for the head or neck
 A61F 13/14
·  specially adapted for the breast or abdomen (corsets or bandages for support of breast or abdomen A61F 5/03)
 A61F 13/15
·  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]
 A61F 13/20
·  ·  Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor  [5]
 A61F 13/22
·  ·  ·  Tampons made of rolled-up material  [5]
 A61F 13/24
·  ·  ·  Cup-shaped type tampons  [5]
 A61F 13/26
·  ·  ·  Means for inserting tampons  [5]
 A61F 13/28
·  ·  ·  ·  with lubricating means  [5]
 A61F 13/30
·  ·  ·  ·  Distal portion of inserting means being deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therethrough  [5]
 A61F 13/32
·  ·  ·  ·  with slidable ejector, e.g. plunger or ram, inside tubular inserting means  [5]
 A61F 13/34
·  ·  ·  Means for withdrawing tampons  [5]
 A61F 13/36
·  ·  Surgical swabs, e.g. for absorbency or packing body cavities during surgery (A61F 13/38, A61F 13/40 take precedence)  [5]
 A61F 13/38
·  ·  Swabs having a stick-type handle (A61F 13/40 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 13/40
·  ·  having means integral therewith for supplying media to the absorbent material, e.g. contained in a rupturable reservoir  [5]
 A61F 13/42
·  ·  with wetness indicator or alarm  [5]
 A61F 13/44
·  ·  with radio-opaque material or signalling means for residual material  [5]
 A61F 13/45
·  ·  characterised by the shape (cup-shaped type tampons A61F 13/24)  [7]
 A61F 13/47
·  ·  ·  Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins (A61F 13/49 takes precedence)  [7]
 A61F 13/471
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for male use  [7,8]
 A61F 13/472
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for female use  [7,8]
 A61F 13/474
·  ·  ·  ·  adjustable  [7]
 A61F 13/475
·  ·  ·  ·  characterised by edge leakage prevention means  [7]
 A61F 13/476
·  ·  ·  ·  characterised by encircling the crotch region of the undergarment, e.g. with flaps  [7]
 A61F 13/49
·  ·  ·  specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies  [7]
 A61F 13/491
·  ·  ·  ·  specially adapted for gender distinct urine discharge pattern  [7]
 A61F 13/493
·  ·  ·  ·  adjustable  [7]
 A61F 13/494
·  ·  ·  ·  characterised by edge leakage prevention means  [7]
 A61F 13/495
·  ·  ·  ·  with faecal cavity  [7]
 A61F 13/496
·  ·  ·  ·  in the form of pants or briefs  [7]
 A61F 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]
 A61F 13/51
·  ·  characterised by the outer layers of the pads (A61F 13/20 takes precedence)  [7]
 A61F 13/511
·  ·  ·  Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin  [7]
 A61F 13/512
·  ·  ·  ·  characterised by its apertures, e.g. perforations  [7]
 A61F 13/513
·  ·  ·  ·  having areas of different permeability  [7]
 A61F 13/514
·  ·  ·  Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin  [7]
 A61F 13/515
·  ·  ·  characterised by the interconnection of the topsheet and the backsheet  [7]
 A61F 13/53
·  ·  characterised by the absorbing medium (A61F 13/20 takes precedence)  [7]
 A61F 13/531
·  ·  ·  having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad (A61F 13/538, A61F 13/539 take precedence)  [7]
 A61F 13/532
·  ·  ·  ·  inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad  [7]
 A61F 13/533
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  having discontinuous areas of compression  [7]
 A61F 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]
 A61F 13/535
·  ·  ·  ·  inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad, e.g. core absorbent layers being of different sizes (A61F 13/537 takes precedence)  [7]
 A61F 13/536
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  having discontinuous areas of compression  [7]
 A61F 13/537
·  ·  ·  ·  characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer  [7]
 A61F 13/538
·  ·  ·  characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave  [7]
 A61F 13/539
·  ·  ·  characterised by the connection of absorbent layers with each other or with the outer layers  [7]
 A61F 13/551
·  ·  Packages or wrapping arrangements for used pads, e.g. for disposal  [7]
 A61F 13/56
·  ·  Supporting or fastening means  [5]
 A61F 13/58
·  ·  ·  Adhesive tab fastener elements (A61F 13/66 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 13/60
·  ·  ·  ·  with release means associated with tab fasteners  [5]
 A61F 13/62
·  ·  ·  Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop (A61F 13/66 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 13/64
·  ·  ·  Straps, belts, ties or endless bands (A61F 13/66 takes precedence)  [5]
 A61F 13/66
·  ·  ·  Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads  [5]
 A61F 13/68
·  ·  ·  ·  abdominal enclosing type  [5]
 A61F 13/70
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with openable or removable crotch portion  [5]
 A61F 13/72
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type  [5]
 A61F 13/74
·  ·  ·  ·  having means to retain absorbent pads  [5]
 A61F 13/76
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  transverse to width of the pads or fastener elements, e.g. straps, end flaps or tucks  [5]
 A61F 13/78
·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  Button or snap fastener elements  [5]
 A61F 13/80
·  ·  ·  ·  adjustable relative to body crotch area  [5]
 A61F 13/82
·  ·  ·  ·  with means for attaching to the body  [5]
 A61F 13/84
·  ·  Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads  [7]
P:100 A61F 15/00
Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages
 A61F 15/02
·  Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears, cast-cutting saws
P:80 A61F 17/00
First-aid kits