|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

HEALTH AND AMUSEMENT

|  | A61 |
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

|  | A61B |
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION

|  | A61B |
Note(s) This sub-class covers instruments, implements, and processes for diagnostic, surgical and person-identification purposes, including obstetrics, instruments for cutting corns, vaccination instruments, finger-printing, psycho-physical tests.

|  | A61C |
DENTISTRY; ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (tooth brushes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A46B; preparations for dentistry Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K 6/00)

|  | A61D |
VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS

|  | A61D |
Note(s) This sub-class only covers instruments, implements, tools, or methods specially adapted for use with animals.

|  | A61F |
PROSTHESES; ORTHOPAEDIC OR NURSING APPLIANCES; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES (dental prosthetics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61C)

|  | A61G |
TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION FOR PATIENTS; OPERATING TABLES AND CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; BURIAL DEVICES (walking aids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 3/00)

|  | A61H |
PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHS OR WASHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N)

|  | A61H |
Note(s) In this sub-class the term "physical therapy" covers the treatment of disease or disability by means, e.g. mechanical means, as opposed to drugs or surgery. It includes, by way of example, massage, whirlpool baths and devices for exercising a passive body member.

|  | A61J |
PUTTING-UP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

|  | A61K |
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (bringing into special physical form Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J; compounds per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08; soap compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11D)

|  | A61K |
Note(s) This sub-class includes the following subject matter, whether set forth as a composition (mixture), process of preparing the composition or process of treating using the composition: Drug and other biological compositions which are capable of: Preventing, alleviating, treating or curing abnormal and pathological conditions of the living body by such means as destroying a parasitic organism, or limiting the effect of the disease or abnormality by chemically altering the physiology of the host or parasite (biocides Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N 25/00-A01N 65/00), Maintaining, increasing, decreasing, limiting, or destroying a physiological body function, e.g. vitamin compositions, sex sterilants, fertility inhibitors, growth promotors, etc. (plant growth regulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N 25/00-A01N 65/00), Diagnosing a physiological condition or state by an in vivo test, e.g. X-ray contrast and skin patch test compositions (measuring or testing processes involving enzymes of micro-organisms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12Q; in vitro testing of biological material, e.g. blood, urine, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N 33/48). Body treating compositions generally intended for deodorising, protecting, adorning or grooming a body, e.g. cosmetics, dentifrices, tooth filling materials. Attention is drawn to the definitions of groups of chemical elements following the title of Section C. In this sub-class, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, an invention is classified in the last appropriate place. In groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K 31/00-A61K 47/00 it is desirable to add, in conformity with paragraph 80 of the Guide, after the double oblique stroke the symbols relating to complementary information concerning individual components of a substance which is already classified as such as a technical subject.

|  | A61L |
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF, OR USE OF MATERIALS FOR, BANDAGES OR DRESSINGS; MATERIALS FOR SURGICAL SUTURE OR FOR LIGATURING BLOOD VESSELS (preservation of bodies, disinfecting characterised by the agent employed Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23; preparation of ozone Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01B 13/10) [3]

|  | A61M |
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO OR ONTO THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61D 7/00; devices for administering food or medicines orally Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B)

|  | 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.

|  | A61N |
ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY (measurement of bio-electric currents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B; electrosurgical apparatus or circuits therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/36; massage arrangements in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H; anaesthetic apparatus in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M; incandescent lamps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K; infra-red radiators for heating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B)