|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

HEALTH AND AMUSEMENT

|  | A61 |
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

|  | 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.

|  | A61M 1/00 |
Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off or carrying-over body-liquids; Drainage systems (catheters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/00; implements for holding wounds open Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/02; saliva removers for dentists Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61C 17/04; pumps in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04)

|  | A61M 1/02 |
· | Blood transfusion apparatus (blood infusion by syringes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/14)

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 29/00-A61M 37/00)

|  | A61M 3/00 |
Medical syringes, e.g. enemata (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/00 takes precedence; pistons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/315) [2]

|  | 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 (suction in pumping blood transfusion Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/02)

|  | A61M 5/16 |
· · | Drip counters; Filter accessories; Needle sets (needles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/32)

|  | A61M 5/18 |
· | Syringes with both reservoir and needle (needles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/32)

|  | A61M 5/20 |
· | Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically [2]

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J 1/06)

|  | 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 5/31 |
· | Details [2]

|  | A61M 5/315 |
· · | Pistons; Piston-rods; Guiding, blocking or restricting the movement of the rod; Appliances on the rod for facilitating dosing [2]

|  | A61M 5/32 |
· · | Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub (infusion needles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/14); Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles [2]

|  | A61M 5/34 |
· · · | Constructions for connecting the needle [2]

|  | A61M 7/00 |
Irrigators (devices for heating or cooling body cavities Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 7/12)

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 31/00; respirators for working in dangerous atmospheres or at high altitudes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B 7/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B 9/00)

|  | A61M 16/02 |
· | Artificial climate rooms (dust-free laboratory rooms Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01L 1/04; air-conditioning in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F24F); Rooms with means to maintain a desired pressure (in aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64D); Oxygen tents

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N 1/00)

|  | A61M 17/02 |
· | Anaesthetic masks [2]

|  | A61M 19/00 |
Local anaesthesia (syringes therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/00); Hypothermia (cooling blood in a bypass of the arterial system Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/03) [2]

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61G 7/04)

|  | A61M 23/00 - A61M 37/00 |
Probes; Catheters; Dilators; Other apparatus for introducing media, e.g. medicines, into the body or applying them to the body (syringes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/02)

|  | A61M 29/00 |
Dilators with or without means for introducing media, e.g. remedies (instruments for performing visual medical inspections of cavities or tubes of the body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 1/00) [2]

|  | A61M 29/02 |
· | Inflatable dilators; Dilators made of swellable materials

|  | A61M 31/00 |
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body (for irrigating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 7/00) [2]

|  | A61M 35/00 |
Devices for applying, e.g. spreading, media, e.g. remedies, on the human body (devices for handling toilet or cosmetic substances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45D) [2]

|  | A61M 37/00 |
Other apparatus for introducing media into the body (apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N 1/30); Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin (salt baths Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 33/04)

|  | A61M 37/02 |
· | for artificial insemination (of animals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61D 7/02)

|  | A61M 37/04 |
· | Devices for implanting pellets, radon seeds, or the like (surgical aspects Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/34) [3]