|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

HEALTH; AMUSEMENT

|  | A61 |
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

|  | A61F |
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61C) [6]

|  | A61F |
Subclass index
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES OR ACCESSORIES | 2/00, 3/00
INVALID OPERATED APPARATUS OR DEVICES | 4/00
ORTHOPAEDICS, NURSING, CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES | 5/00, 6/00
FOMENTATION, HEATING OR COOLING | 7/00
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF THE EYES OR EARS, SUBSTITUTION BY OTHER SENSES | 9/00, 11/00
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS | 13/00, 15/00; 17/00

|  | A61F 2/00 - A61F 4/00 |
Prostheses or accessories (anatomic models, educational appliances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G09B)

|  | A61F 2/00 |
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body (as cosmetic articles, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. wigs, hair pieces, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A41G 3/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A41G 5/00, artificial nails Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A45D 31/00; dental prostheses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61C 13/00; materials for prostheses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L 27/00; artificial hearts Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/10; artificial kidneys Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 1/14) [4,6]

|  | A61F 2/01 |
· | Filters implantable into blood vessels [6]

|  | A61F 2/02 |
· | Prostheses implantable into the body [4]

|  | A61F 2/04 |
· · | Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi, bile ducts (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/18, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/20 take precedence) [4]

|  | A61F 2/06 |
· · · | Blood vessels [4]

|  | A61F 2/08 |
· · | Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments [4]

|  | A61F 2/10 |
· · | Hair or skin implants [4]

|  | A61F 2/12 |
· · | Mammary prostheses [4]

|  | A61F 2/14 |
· · | Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants (removable contact lenses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G02C 7/04); Artificial eyes (making thereof from organic plastic material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29C, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29D 11/02) [4]

|  | A61F 2/16 |
· · · | Intraocular lenses [4]

|  | A61F 2/18 |
· · | Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums [4]

|  | A61F 2/20 |
· · | Larynxes; Tracheae combined with larynxes or for use therewith (tracheae, bronchi per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/04) [4]

|  | A61F 2/24 |
· · | Heart valves [4]

|  | A61F 2/26 |
· · | Penis implants [4]

|  | A61F 2/28 |
· · | Bones (joints Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/30) [4]

|  | A61F 2/30 |
· · | Joints [4]

|  | A61F 2/32 |
· · · | for the hip [4]

|  | A61F 2/34 |
· · · · | Acetabular cups [4]

|  | A61F 2/36 |
· · · · | Femoral heads [4]

|  | A61F 2/38 |
· · · | for elbows or knees [4]

|  | A61F 2/40 |
· · · | for shoulders [4]

|  | A61F 2/42 |
· · · | for wrists or ankles; for hands, e.g. fingers; for feet, e.g. toes [4]

|  | A61F 2/44 |
· · · | for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs [4]

|  | A61F 2/46 |
· · · | Special tools for implanting artificial joints (surgical instruments Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/00) [4]

|  | A61F 2/48 |
· · | Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters [4]

|  | A61F 2/50 |
· | Prostheses not implantable in the body [4]

|  | A61F 2/52 |
· · | Mammary prostheses (brassieres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A41C 3/00) [4]

|  | A61F 2/54 |
· · | Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof [4]

|  | A61F 2/56 |
· · · | adjustable [4]

|  | A61F 2/58 |
· · · | Elbows; Wrists [4]

|  | A61F 2/60 |
· · | Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof [4]

|  | A61F 2/62 |
· · · | adjustable, e.g. adjustable shank, thigh, or tubular skeletal system [4]

|  | A61F 2/64 |
· · · | Knee joints [4]

|  | A61F 2/66 |
· · · | Feet; Ankle joints [4]

|  | A61F 2/68 |
· · | Operating or control means [4]

|  | A61F 2/70 |
· · · | electrical [4]

|  | A61F 2/72 |
· · · · | Bioelectrical control, e.g. myoelectric [4]

|  | A61F 2/74 |
· · · | fluid [4]

|  | A61F 2/76 |
· · | Means for assembling, fitting, or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing [4]

|  | A61F 2/78 |
· · | Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump [4]

|  | A61F 2/80 |
· · · | Sockets, e.g. of suction type [4]

|  | A61F 3/00 |
Lengthening pieces for natural legs

|  | A61F 4/00 |
Methods or devices enabling invalids to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body (operating or control means for prostheses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/48, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/68) [4]

|  | A61F 5/00 |
Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints (surgical instruments or methods for treatment of bones or joints, devices specially adapted therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 17/56); Nursing devices (bandages, dressings or absorbent pads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/00) [3,4,5]

|  | A61F 5/01 |
· | Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces

|  | A61F 5/02 |
· · | Orthopaedic corsets (arm-rests for use as writing aids Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B43L 15/00)

|  | A61F 5/03 |
· · | Corsets or bandages for abdomen, teat, or breast support, with or without pads (brassieres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A41C 3/00)

|  | A61F 5/04 |
· · | Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints [4]

|  | A61F 5/042 |
· · · | for extension or stretching [6]

|  | A61F 5/045 |
· · · · | Equipment for beds, treatment tables, floor frames or the like [6]

|  | A61F 5/048 |
· · · · | Traction splints [6]

|  | A61F 5/05 |
· · · | for immobilising (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/042 takes precedence) [6]

|  | A61F 5/052 |
· · · · | specially adapted to facilitate walking, e.g. ambulatory braces [6]

|  | A61F 5/055 |
· · · · | Cervical collars [6]

|  | A61F 5/058 |
· · · · | Splints (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/052 takes precedence) [6]

|  | A61F 5/08 |
· · | Devices for correcting deformities of the nose

|  | A61F 5/10 |
· · | Devices for correcting deformities of the fingers

|  | A61F 5/11 |
· · | Devices for correcting deformities of the nails

|  | A61F 5/14 |
· · | Special medical insertions for shoes for flat-feet, club-feet, or the like (ordinary arch supports Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A43B 7/14)

|  | A61F 5/24 |
· · | Trusses

|  | A61F 5/26 |
· · · | with belt springs

|  | A61F 5/28 |
· · · | Supports for trusses

|  | A61F 5/30 |
· · | Pressure pads (corn-pads, corn-rings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/06)

|  | A61F 5/32 |
· · · | Adjustable pressure pads

|  | A61F 5/34 |
· · · | Pressure pads filled with air or liquid (valves specially adapted for medical use Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 39/00; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00)

|  | A61F 5/37 |
· | Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts

|  | A61F 5/40 |
· | Suspensory bandages

|  | A61F 5/41 |
· | Devices for promoting penis erection (penis implants Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 2/26; massage of the genitals Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 19/00) [4]

|  | A61F 5/44 |
· | Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge (absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/15; drainage appliances for wounds Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 27/00); Colostomy devices (materials therefor Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L 25/00)

|  | A61F 5/441 |
· · | having deodorant means, e.g. filters [4]

|  | A61F 5/442 |
· · | having irrigation ports or means (irrigators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 3/02) [4]

|  | A61F 5/443 |
· · | having hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums [4]

|  | A61F 5/445 |
· · | Colostomy devices (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/441, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/442, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/443 take precedence) [4]

|  | A61F 5/447 |
· · · | Bag anticollapse features [4]

|  | A61F 5/448 |
· · · | Means attaching bag to seal ring [4]

|  | A61F 5/449 |
· · · | Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments [4]

|  | A61F 5/451 |
· · | Genital receptacles (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/441, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/442, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/443 take precedence) [4]

|  | A61F 5/452 |
· · · | with separate faecal receiving compartment [4]

|  | A61F 5/453 |
· · · | for collecting urine or other discharge from male member (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 6/04 takes precedence) [4]

|  | A61F 5/455 |
· · · | for collecting urine or discharge from female member [4]

|  | A61F 5/457 |
· · · | Body securing means, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses [4]

|  | A61F 5/458 |
· · · · | adherent or inflatable type (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00) [4]

|  | A61F 5/48 |
· | Devices for preventing wetting or pollution of the bed

|  | A61F 5/50 |
· | Devices for preventing finger-sucking

|  | A61F 5/56 |
· | Devices for preventing snoring

|  | A61F 5/58 |
· | Apparatus for correcting stammering or stuttering

|  | A61F 6/00 |
Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor (chemical aspects of contraception Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K) [5]

|  | A61F 6/02 |
· | for use by males (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 6/04 |
· · | Condoms, sheaths or the like [5]

|  | A61F 6/06 |
· | for use by females (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 6/20 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 6/08 |
· · | Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception [5]

|  | A61F 6/10 |
· · · | Diaphragms [5]

|  | A61F 6/12 |
· · · | Inserters or removers [5]

|  | A61F 6/14 |
· · | intra-uterine type [5]

|  | A61F 6/16 |
· · · | inflatable [5]

|  | A61F 6/18 |
· · · | Inserters or removers [5]

|  | A61F 6/20 |
· | Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders [5]

|  | A61F 6/22 |
· · | implantable in tubes [5]

|  | A61F 6/24 |
· · · | characterised by valve means [5]

|  | A61F 7/00 |
Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body (heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C 21/00; hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N; electric heating elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B) [5]

|  | A61F 7/02 |
· | Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling [3]

|  | A61F 7/03 |
· · | thermophore, i.e. self-heating [3]

|  | A61F 7/08 |
· | Warming pads, pans or mats (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 7/02 takes precedence); Hot-water bottles [3]

|  | A61F 7/10 |
· | Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags

|  | A61F 7/12 |
· | Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities

|  | A61F 9/00 - A61F 11/00 |
Treatment or protection of the eyes or ears; Substitution by other senses

|  | A61F 9/00 |
Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand (caps with means for protecting the eyes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A42B 1/06; visors for helmets Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A42B 3/22; appliances to aid invalids to move about Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 3/00; eye baths Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 35/02; sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G02C)

|  | A61F 9/007 |
· | Methods or devices for eye surgery [6]

|  | A61F 9/013 |
· · | for compensation of ocular refraction [6]

|  | A61F 9/02 |
· | Goggles

|  | A61F 9/04 |
· | Eye-masks

|  | A61F 9/06 |
· · | Masks, shields, or hoods for welders (safety devices for welding in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16P 1/00)

|  | A61F 9/08 |
· | Devices or methods enabling eye-patients to replace direct visual perception by another kind of perception

|  | A61F 11/00 |
Methods or devices for treatment of the ears, e.g. surgical; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand

|  | A61F 11/04 |
· | Devices or methods enabling ear patients to replace direct auditory perception by another kind of perception

|  | A61F 11/06 |
· | Protective devices for the ears [5]

|  | A61F 11/08 |
· · | internal, e.g. earplugs [5]

|  | A61F 11/10 |
· · · | inflatable or expandable [5]

|  | A61F 11/12 |
· · · | External mounting means [5]

|  | A61F 11/14 |
· · | external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs (headwear, e.g. caps or helmets, with means for protecting the ears Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A42B 1/06, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A42B 3/16) [5]

|  | A61F 13/00 - A61F 17/00 |
Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; First-aid kits

|  | A61F 13/00 |
Bandages or dressings (suspensory bandages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/40; radioactive dressings Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M 36/14); Absorbent pads (chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L 15/00)

|  | A61F 13/02 |
· | Adhesive plasters or dressings (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/06-A61F 13/15 take precedence; surgical adhesives or cements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L 25/00) [4,5]

|  | A61F 13/04 |
· | Plaster of Paris bandages; Other stiffening bandages (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/06-A61F 13/15 take precedence; orthopaedic casts made from stiffening bandages Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/01)

|  | A61F 13/06 |
· | specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings

|  | A61F 13/08 |
· · | Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms

|  | A61F 13/10 |
· | specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors

|  | A61F 13/12 |
· | specially adapted for the head or neck

|  | A61F 13/14 |
· | specially adapted for the breast or abdomen (corsets or bandages for support of breast or abdomen Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/03)

|  | A61F 13/15 |
· | Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body (non-absorbent catamenial receptacles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 5/44); Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators [5]

|  | A61F 13/20 |
· · | Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor [5]

|  | A61F 13/22 |
· · · | Tampons made of rolled-up material [5]

|  | A61F 13/24 |
· · · | Cup-shaped type tampons [5]

|  | A61F 13/26 |
· · · | Means for inserting tampons [5]

|  | A61F 13/28 |
· · · · | with lubricating means [5]

|  | A61F 13/30 |
· · · · | Distal portion of inserting means being deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therethrough [5]

|  | A61F 13/32 |
· · · · | with slidable ejector, e.g. plunger or ram, inside tubular inserting means [5]

|  | A61F 13/34 |
· · · | Means for withdrawing tampons [5]

|  | A61F 13/36 |
· · | Surgical swabs, e.g. for absorbency or packing body cavities during surgery (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/38, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/40 take precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 13/38 |
· · | Swabs having a stick-type handle (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/40 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 13/40 |
· · | having means integral therewith for supplying media to the absorbent material, e.g. contained in a rupturable reservoir [5]

|  | A61F 13/42 |
· · | with wetness indicator or alarm [5]

|  | A61F 13/44 |
· · | with radio-opaque material or signalling means for residual material [5]

|  | A61F 13/46 |
· · | containing layers having differing absorption characteristics, e.g. flow control, wicking [5]

|  | A61F 13/48 |
· · · | Compressed layers [5]

|  | A61F 13/50 |
· · · · | having discontinuous areas of compression [5]

|  | A61F 13/52 |
· · · | Layers coated or treated to decrease absorbency [5]

|  | A61F 13/54 |
· · | characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave [5]

|  | A61F 13/56 |
· · | Supporting or fastening means [5]

|  | A61F 13/58 |
· · · | Adhesive tab fastener elements (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 13/60 |
· · · · | with release means associated with tab fasteners [5]

|  | A61F 13/62 |
· · · | Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 13/64 |
· · · | Straps, belts, ties or endless bands (Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 13/66 takes precedence) [5]

|  | A61F 13/66 |
· · · | Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads [5]

|  | A61F 13/68 |
· · · · | abdominal enclosing type [5]

|  | A61F 13/70 |
· · · · · | with openable or removable crotch portion [5]

|  | A61F 13/72 |
· · · · · | with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type [5]

|  | A61F 13/74 |
· · · · | having means to retain absorbent pads [5]

|  | A61F 13/76 |
· · · · · | transverse to width of the pads or fastener elements, e.g. straps, end flaps or tucks [5]

|  | A61F 13/78 |
· · · · · · | Button or snap fastener elements [5]

|  | A61F 13/80 |
· · · · | adjustable relative to body crotch area [5]

|  | A61F 13/82 |
· · · · | with means for attaching to the body [5]

|  | A61F 15/00 |
Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages

|  | A61F 15/02 |
· | Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears, cast-cutting saws

|  | A61F 17/00 |
First-aid kits