|  | A |
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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61D 7/00; means for inserting tampons Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J 1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L; magnetotherapy using magnetic elements placed within the body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N 2/10); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR [4,5]

|  | 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. In this subclass, group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 36/00, which relates to the application of radioactive material to the body, takes precedence over other groups. [5]

|  | A61M |
Subclass index
SUCTION OR PUMPING DEVICES | 1/00
SYRINGES; IRRIGATORS; BATHS FOR THE INTESTINES | 3/00, 5/00; 9/00
SPRAYERS, ATOMISERS; INSUFFLATORS | 11/00; 13/00
INHALING DEVICES | 15/00, 16/00
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR ANAESTHESIA | 16/00, 19/00, 21/00
PROBES, CATHETERS; DRAINS; DILATORS | 23/00, 25/00; 27/00; 29/00
TUBES, TUBE CONNECTORS, TUBE COUPLINGS, VALVES, ACCESS SITES OR THE LIKE, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL USE | 39/00
OTHER DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING OR RETAINING REMEDIES IN THE BODY | 31/00, 37/00
OTHER DEVICES FOR SPREADING REMEDIES ON THE BODY | 35/00
APPLYING RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TO THE BODY | 36/00

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/00; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 39/00; devices for taking samples of blood Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 5/14; implements for holding wounds open Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/02; saliva removers for dentists Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61C 17/06; filters implantable into blood vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/01; pumps in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F04) [5]

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

|  | A61M 1/04 |
· | Pneumothorax apparatus

|  | A61M 1/06 |
· | Milking pumps (feeding-bottles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J 9/00)

|  | A61M 1/08 |
· | Cupping glasses

|  | A61M 1/10 |
· | Blood pumps; Artificial hearts; Devices for mechanical circulatory assistance, e.g. intra-aortic balloon pumps (artificial heart valves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/24; heart stimulation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D 61/00; semi-permeable membranes characterised by the material, manufacturing processes therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D 71/00) [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 1/38 |
· · | Removing constituents from donor blood and returning remainder to body [5]

|  | A61M 3/00 - A61M 9/00 |
Syringes; Irrigators; Baths for subaquatic intestinal cleaning (other apparatus for introducing medicines into the body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 29/00-A61M 37/00) [6]

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

|  | A61M 3/02 |
· | Enemata; Irrigators [5]

|  | A61M 3/04 |
· · | specially adapted for the uterus [5]

|  | A61M 3/06 |
· · | combined with bidets [5]

|  | A61M 5/00 |
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J 1/00) [5]

|  | A61M 5/14 |
· | Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor (suction in pumping blood transfusion Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/02) [5]

|  | A61M 5/142 |
· · | Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps [5]

|  | A61M 5/145 - A61M 5/145 |
Note(s) In this group, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated: "pressure infusion" includes powered injection working at a controlled rate. [5]

|  | A61M 5/145 |
· · · | using pressurised reservoirs, e.g. by means of pistons [5]

|  | A61M 5/148 |
· · · · | flexible (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/155 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61M 5/152 |
· · · · · | pressurised by contraction of elastic reservoirs [5]

|  | A61M 5/155 |
· · · · | pressurised by gas [5]

|  | A61M 5/158 |
· · | Needles [5]

|  | A61M 5/162 |
· · | Needle sets, i.e. connections by puncture between reservoir and tube [5]

|  | A61M 5/165 |
· · | Filtering accessories, e.g. blood filters, filters for infusion liquids (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/34, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/36 take precedence) [5]

|  | A61M 5/168 |
· · | Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters [5]

|  | A61M 5/172 |
· · · | electrical or electronic [5]

|  | A61M 5/175 |
· · · | mechanical [5]

|  | A61M 5/178 |
· | Syringes [5]

|  | A61M 5/19 |
· · | having more than one chamber [5]

|  | A61M 5/20 |
· · | Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/142 takes precedence) [2,5]

|  | 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) [5]

|  | A61M 5/28 |
· · | Syringe ampoules or carpules, i.e. ampoules or carpules provided with a needle [5]

|  | A61M 5/30 |
· · | Syringes for injection by jet action, without needle, e.g. for use with replaceable ampoules or carpules [5]

|  | A61M 5/303 |
· · · | Media expelled from injector by explosive charge [5]

|  | A61M 5/307 |
· · · | Media expelled from injector by pressurised fluid [5]

|  | A61M 5/31 |
· · | Details [2,5]

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

|  | A61M 5/32 |
· · · | Needles; Details of needles pertaining to their connection with syringe or hub (infusion needles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/158); Accessories for bringing the needle into, or holding the needle on, the body; Devices for protection of needles [2,5]

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

|  | A61M 5/36 |
· | with means for eliminating or preventing injection or infusion of air into body (dialysis systems, blood oxygenators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/14; hemofiltration equipment Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/34) [5]

|  | A61M 5/38 |
· · | using hydrophilic or hydrophobic filters [5]

|  | A61M 5/40 |
· · | using low-level float-valve to cut off media flow from reservoir [5]

|  | A61M 5/42 |
· | having means for desensitising skin, for protruding skin to facilitate piercing, or for locating point where body is to be pierced [5]

|  | A61M 5/44 |
· | having means for cooling or heating the devices or media [5]

|  | A61M 5/46 |
· | having means for controlling depth of insertion [5]

|  | A61M 5/48 |
· | having means for varying, regulating, indicating or limiting injection pressure (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/142 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61M 5/50 |
· | having means for preventing re-use, or for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile [5]

|  | A61M 5/52 |
· | Arm-rests [5]

|  | 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; respiratory apparatus in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B; respirators for working under water Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63C 11/00) [4]

|  | A61M 16/01 |
· | specially adapted for anaesthetising [4]

|  | A61M 16/04 |
· | Tracheal tubes (catheters in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62B 19/00) [4]

|  | A61M 19/00 - A61M 21/00 |
Other devices for producing sleep or stupor; Devices for ending sleep or stupor [4]

|  | A61M 19/00 |
Local anaesthesia (syringes therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/00); Hypothermia (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 5/42 takes precedence; cooling blood in a bypass of the arterial system Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61G 7/043)

|  | A61M 21/02 |
· | for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia (for massage Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H; electrotherapy Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N 1/34) [5]

|  | A61M 23/00 - A61M 37/00 |
Probes; Catheters; Dilators; Drainage appliances for wounds; 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 (dilators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 29/00; for measuring or testing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B)

|  | A61M 25/01 |
· | Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/10 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61M 25/02 |
· · | Holding devices, e.g. on the body [5]

|  | A61M 25/04 |
· · · | in the body, e.g. expansible [5]

|  | A61M 25/06 |
· · | Body-piercing guide needles or the like (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/088 takes precedence) [5,6]

|  | A61M 25/08 |
· · | Advancing means, e.g. self-propelled [5]

|  | A61M 25/082 |
· · · | Self-propulsion arrangements (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/085 takes precedence) [6]

|  | A61M 25/085 |
· · · | Fluid propulsion [6]

|  | A61M 25/088 |
· · | using an additional catheter, e.g. to reach relatively inaccessible places [6]

|  | A61M 25/09 |
· · | Guide wires [6]

|  | A61M 25/092 |
· · | Remote control of the orientation of the distal end [6]

|  | A61M 25/095 |
· · | Arrangements for enabling the detection of the internal position of the catheter, e.g. radiographically [6]

|  | A61M 25/098 |
· · · | using radio-opaque markers [6]

|  | A61M 25/10 |
· | Balloon catheters [5]

|  | A61M 25/12 |
· · | Arrangements for detaching the balloon when in place [6]

|  | A61M 25/14 |
· | Arrangement or shape of fluid flow passages, e.g. of plural fluid passages (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/10 takes precedence) [6]

|  | A61M 25/16 |
· | Making or assembling not otherwise provided for [6]

|  | A61M 25/18 |
· · | Connecting catheters or probes to hubs [6]

|  | A61M 27/00 |
Drainage appliances for wounds, or the like (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 (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00); Dilators made of swellable materials [3]

|  | A61M 29/04 |
· · | Dilators made of swellable materials [5]

|  | A61M 31/00 |
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 25/00 takes precedence) [2,5]

|  | A61M 35/00 |
Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body (devices for handling toilet or cosmetic substances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45D; absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/15) [2]

|  | A61M 36/00 |
Applying radioactive material to the body [5]

|  | A61M 36/02 |
· | combined with other radiant- or wave-energy source, e.g. electromagnetic, thermal, micro-wave [5]

|  | A61M 36/04 |
· | Arrangements specially adapted for placing, e.g. inhaling or injecting, radioactive material within the body [5]

|  | A61M 36/06 |
· · | by fluid injection of radioactive or enhancing agent through a body-piercing conduit [5]

|  | A61M 36/08 |
· · · | Fluid reservoir shielding, e.g. syringe shielding [5]

|  | A61M 36/10 |
· · | Utero-vaginal or pelvic application [5]

|  | A61M 36/12 |
· · | Injectors, holders for seeds or implants, e.g. capsules [5]

|  | A61M 36/14 |
· | Radioactive dressings [5]

|  | A61M 37/00 |
Other apparatus for introducing media into the body (for reproduction or fertilisation Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/425; 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) [5]

|  | A61M 39/00 |
Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use (for respiratory devices, e.g. tracheal tubes, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 16/00; artificial heart valves Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/24) [5]

|  | A61M 39/02 |
· | Access sites [5]

|  | A61M 39/04 |
· · | having pierceable self-sealing members [5]

|  | A61M 39/06 |
· · | Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof [6]

|  | A61M 39/08 |
· | Tubes; Storage means specially adapted therefor [6]

|  | A61M 39/10 |
· | Tube connectors or tube couplings [6]

|  | A61M 39/12 |
· · | for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment [6]

|  | A61M 39/14 |
· · | for connecting tubes having sealed ends [6]

|  | A61M 39/16 |
· · | having provision for disinfection or sterilisation [6]

|  | A61M 39/18 |
· · · | Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking [6]

|  | A61M 39/20 |
· | Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes [6]

|  | A61M 39/22 |
· | Valves or arrangement of valves [6]

|  | A61M 39/24 |
· · | Check- or non-return valves [6]

|  | A61M 39/26 |
· · | Valves closing automatically on disconnecting the line and opening on reconnection thereof [6]

|  | A61M 39/28 |
· · | Clamping means for squeezing flexible tubes, e.g. roller clamps [6]