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SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES
  
HEALTH AND AMUSEMENT
 A61
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
 A61M
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO OR ONTO THE BODY (for oral introduction of food or medicines A61J); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY
 A61M

Note(s)

This sub-class covers suction, pumping or atomising devices for medical use (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.

 A61M 1/00
Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes
 A61M 1/00
Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off or carrying-over body-liquids; Drainage systems (catheters A61M 25/00; implements for holding wounds open A61B 17/02; saliva removers for dentists A61C 17/04; pumps in general F04)
 A61M 1/02
·  Blood transfusion apparatus
 A61M 1/03
·  Treatment of blood, chemically, physically, or mechanically, in a bypass of the natural arterial system; Devices therefor, e.g. artificial kidney, heart, or foetus
 A61M 1/04
·  Pneumothorax apparatus
 A61M 1/06
·  Milking pumps (feeding-bottles A61J 9/00)
 A61M 1/08
·  Cupping glasses
 A61M 3/00 - 
A61M 9/00
Syringes; Irrigators; Baths for the intestines (other apparatus for introducing medicines into the body A61M 29/00-A61M 37/00)
 A61M 3/00
Medical syringes, e.g. enemata
 A61M 5/00
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intravenous, or intramuscular way; Accessories thereto, e.g. filling, holding, or cleaning devices, arm-rests
 A61M 5/14
·  Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor, e.g. for hanging-up
 A61M 5/16
·  ·  Drip counters; Filter accessories; Needle sets (needles A61M 5/32)
 A61M 5/18
·  Syringes with both reservoir and needle (needles A61M 5/32)
 A61M 5/20
·  ·  Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically
 A61M 5/22
·  ·  Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking, or restricting the movement of the rod; Appliances on the rod; Appliances on the rod facilitating dosing
 A61M 5/24
·  Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic (ampoules or carpules A61J 1/06)
 A61M 5/26
·  ·  Constructions for connecting the needle
 A61M 5/28
·  Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle
 A61M 5/30
·  Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules
 A61M 5/32
·  Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub (infusion needles A61M 5/14; specially adapted for ampoule syringes A61M 5/26); Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles
 A61M 7/00
Irrigators
 A61M 7/02
·  specially adapted for the uterus
 A61M 7/04
·  combined with bidets
 A61M 9/00
Baths for subaquatic intestinal cleaning
 A61M 11/00 - 
A61M 13/00
Sprayers; Atomisers; Insufflators
 A61M 11/00
Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes (in general B05B)
 A61M 11/02
·  operated by air pressure applied to the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
 A61M 11/04
·  operated by the vapour pressure of the liquid to be sprayed or atomised
 A61M 11/06
·  of the injector type
 A61M 11/08
·  ·  Pocket atomisers of the injector type
 A61M 13/00
Insufflators for therapeutic or disinfectant purposes (for the destruction of noxious animals or noxious plants A01M)
 A61M 15/00 - 
A61M 16/00
Inhaling devices
 A61M 15/00
Inhalators
 A61M 15/02
·  with activated or ionized gases; Ozone-inhalators
 A61M 15/06
·  Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
 A61M 15/08
·  Inhaling devices inserted into the nose
 A61M 16/00
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 A61H 31/00; respirators for working in dangerous atmospheres or at high altitudes A62B 7/00, A62B 9/00)
 A61M 16/02
·  Artificial climate rooms (for psycho-physical tests A61B, A61D; air-conditioning in general F24F); Rooms with artificial pressure (in aircraft B64D)
 A61M 17/00 - 
A61M 21/00
Devices for anaesthetising; Devices for producing or ending stupor or sleep
 A61M 17/00
Apparatus for producing stupor by inhaling or introducing anaesthetising gases or vapours (producing stupor by electrical means A61N 1/00)
 A61M 17/02
·  Ether masks
 A61M 19/00
Anaesthesia (producing stupor by anaesthetising gases or vapours A61M 17/00; by electrical means A61N 1/00); Local anaesthesia (syringes therefor A61M 5/00); Hypothermia (cooling blood in a bypass of the arterial system A61M 1/03)
 A61M 21/00
Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis (beds for promoting sleep A61G 7/04)
 A61M 23/00 - 
A61M 37/00
Probes; Catheters; Dilators; Other apparatus for introducing medicines into the body or applying them to the body (syringes A61M 3/00, A61M 5/00)
 A61M 23/00
Solid probes; Bougies
 A61M 25/00
Catheters; Hollow probes
 A61M 25/02
·  Holding devices for catheters
 A61M 27/00
Drainage appliances for wounds, etc. (implements for holding wounds open A61B 17/02)
 A61M 29/00
Dilators with or without means for introducing remedies
 A61M 29/02
·  Dilators made of swellable material
 A61M 31/00
Devices for introducing or retaining remedies, in cavities of the body
 A61M 35/00
Devices for spreading, remedies on the human body
 A61M 37/00
Other apparatus for introducing media into the body (apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N 1/30); Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin (salt baths A61H 33/04)
 A61M 37/02
·  for artificial insemination (of animals A61D 7/02)