A
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES
  
HEALTH AND AMUSEMENT
 A61
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
 A61L
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OTHER THAN FOODSTUFFS; CHEMICAL OF AIR; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES OR DRESSINGS OR OTHER SUTURE MATERIALS; SKIN-PROTECTING AGENTS (preservation of corpses A01N)
 A61L 1/00 - 
A61L 13/00
Disinfection or sterilising
 A61L 1/00
General methods for disinfection or sterilisation of materials other than foodstuffs
 A61L 3/00
Apparatus for disinfection or sterilisation of materials other than foodstuffs, e.g. clothing; Containers with disinfecting linings or fillings (atomizers for disinfecting agents A61M; disinfecting devices for water-closets E03D; telephones with protection against infection H04R 1/12)
 A61L 3/02
·  Accessories for disinfecting-apparatus or for sterilising-apparatus
 A61L 5/00
Apparatus or methods of disinfection or sterilisation specially adapted for dressing materials (dressing A61F)
 A61L 7/00
Apparatus or methods of disinfection or sterilisation specially adapted for the barber's trade (barbers' implements combined with disinfecting apparatus A45D 27/46)
 A61L 9/00
Apparatus or methods for chemical purification, disinfection, sterilisation of air, in general (purifying air by respirators A62B; production of ozone C01B; air conditioning systems incorporating purifying arrangements F24F)
 A61L 9/02
·  using substances evaporated in the air by heating or combustion
 A61L 9/04
·  using substances evaporated in the air without heating
 A61L 9/06
·  removing carbon monoxide
 A61L 9/08
·  removing carbon dioxide
 A61L 9/10
·  ·  with replacement by oxygen
 A61L 11/00
Methods specially adapted for refuse
 A61L 13/00
Disinfecting or preserving characterised by the agent employed (preserving agents for foodstuffs A23)
 A61L 13/02
·  formaldehyde
 A61L 13/04
·  oligodynamic active substances
 A61L 13/06
·  ozone
 A61L 15/00 - 
A61L 17/00
Dressing materials or bandages; Surgical suture materials
 A61L 15/00
Composition of bandages or dressings; Selection of materials therefor (shape or structure of bandages or dressings A61F 13/00; radioactive dressings A61N 5/12)
 A61L 15/01
·  for wounds
 A61L 15/03
·  ·  bandages or dressings with incorporated medicaments (A61L 15/06 takes precedence)
 A61L 15/04
·  ·  resorbable by the body
 A61L 15/06
·  Adhesive plasters or dressings
 A61L 15/07
·  Plaster of Paris or other stiffening bandages
 A61L 17/00
Surgical suture materials; Means for ligaturing blood vessels (apparatus A61B 17/04, A61B 17/12)
 A61L 17/02
·  Devices for storing suture material
 A61L 23/00
Chemical agents brought into direct contact with skin of living human or animal bodies for affording protection against external influences, e.g. sunlight, X- or other active rays, corrosive liquids or solids, bacteria, insect stings; Barrier creams (chemical means against chemical-warefare or toxic agents A62D)