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SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES
  
HEALTH; AMUSEMENT
 A61
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
 A61M
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO OR ONTO THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D 7/00; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L)  [4]
 A61M

Note(s)

This subclass covers suction, pumping or atomising devices for medical use (e.g. 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, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems (catheters A61M 25/00; devices for taking samples of blood A61B 5/14; 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 (blood infusion by syringes A61M 5/14)
 A61M 1/03
( transferred to A61M 1/10-A61M 1/36 )
 A61M 1/04
·  Pneumothorax apparatus
 A61M 1/06
·  Milking pumps (feeding-bottles A61J 9/00)
 A61M 1/08
·  Cupping glasses
 A61M 1/10
·  Blood pumps; Artificial hearts (artificial hearts specially adapted for implantation A61F 2/22); Devices for mechanical circulatory assistance, e.g. intra-aortic balloon pumps (artificial heart valves A61F 2/24; heart stimulation A61H 31/00)  [4]
 A61M 1/12
·  ·  implantable into the body  [4]
 A61M 1/14
·  Dialysis systems; Artificial kidneys; Blood oxygenators (processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes in general B01D 13/00)  [4]
 A61M 1/16
·  ·  with membranes  [4]
 A61M 1/18
·  ·  ·  in the shape of hollow fibres  [4]
 A61M 1/20
·  ·  ·  tubular  [4]
 A61M 1/22
·  ·  ·  sheet-like  [4]
 A61M 1/24
·  ·  ·  ·  spirally wound  [4]
 A61M 1/26
·  ·  ·  which are moving  [4]
 A61M 1/28
·  ·  Peritoneal dialysis  [4]
 A61M 1/30
·  ·  Single needle dialysis  [4]
 A61M 1/32
·  ·  Oxygenators without membranes  [4]
 A61M 1/34
·  Filtering material out of the blood by passing it through a membrane, i.e. hemofiltration, diafiltration  [4]
 A61M 1/36
·  Other treatment of blood in a by-pass of the natural circulatory system, e.g. temperature adaptation, irradiation  [4]
 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 takes precedence; pistons 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 A61M 1/02)
 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  [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 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 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 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 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; respiratory apparatus in general A62B; respirators for working under water B63C 11/00)
 A61M 16/01
·  specially adapted for anaesthetising  [4]
 A61M 16/02
( transferred to A61G 10/00 )
 A61M 16/04
·  Tracheal tubes (catheters in general A61M 25/00)  [4]
 A61M 16/06
·  Respiratory or anaesthetic masks  [4]
 A61M 16/08
·  Bellows; Connecting tubes  [4]
 A61M 16/10
·  Preparation of respiratory gases or vapours  [4]
 A61M 16/12
·  ·  by mixing different gases  [4]
 A61M 16/14
·  ·  by mixing different fluids, one of them being in a liquid phase  [4]
 A61M 16/16
·  ·  ·  Devices to humidify the respiration air  [4]
 A61M 16/18
·  ·  ·  Vaporising devices for anaesthetic preparations  [4]
 A61M 16/20
·  Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices  [4]
 A61M 16/22
·  Carbon dioxide-absorbing devices (cartridges with absorbing substances for respiratory apparatus A62B 19/00)  [4]
 A61M 17/00
( transferred to A61M 16/01, A61M 16/06 )
 A61M 17/02
( transferred to A61M 16/06 )
 A61M 19/00 - 
A61M 21/00
Other devices for producing sleep or stupor; Devices for ending sleep or stupor
 A61M 19/00
Local anaesthesia (syringes therefor A61M 5/00); Hypothermia (cooling blood in a bypass of the arterial system A61M 1/36)  [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 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 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, or the like (implements for holding wounds open 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 A61B 1/00)  [2]
 A61M 29/02
·  Inflatable dilators; Dilators made of swellable materials  [3]
 A61M 31/00
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body (for irrigating 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 A45D)  [2]
 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)
 A61M 37/04
·  Devices for implanting pellets, radon seeds, or the like (surgical aspects A61B, e.g. A61B 17/34)  [3]