|  | A |
SECTION A — HUMAN NECESSITIES

HEALTH; AMUSEMENT

|  | A61 |
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

|  | A61B |
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01N 33/48; obtaining records using waves other than optical waves, in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G03B 42/00)

|  | A61B |
Note(s) This subclass 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.

|  | A61B |
Subclass index
MEDICINAL METHODS (NON-SURGICAL) | 1/00, 5/00, 17/00
INSTRUMENTS FOR PSYCHO-PHYSICAL TESTS | 5/00
MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS |
For auscultation and diagnostics | 5/00 - 10/00
For medical examination of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body and the eyes | 1/00, 3/00
Aids for examination and care of the mouth | 1/00, 13/00
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, DEVICES OR METHODS | 17/00; 18/00
OTHER INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS OR ACCESSORIES FOR SURGERY OR DIAGNOSIS | 19/00

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

|  | A61C |
Subclass index
DENTAL SURGERY | 1/00 - 8/00
DENTAL PROSTHETICS; ARTIFICIAL TEETH | 9/00 - 13/00
CLEANING OF TEETH OR MOUTH | 15/00, 17/00
DENTAL AUXILIARY APPLIANCES | 19/00

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

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

|  | A61D |
Subclass index
SURGERY AND DENTAL TREATMENT | 1/00, 5/00
CARE OF ANIMALS | 7/00 - 13/00
IMPLEMENTS FOR RESTRAINING, FOR MOUTH-OPENING | 3/00, 15/00
DEVICES FOR INDICATING TROUBLE DURING LABOUR | 17/00
INSTRUMENTS OR METHODS FOR REPRODUCTION OR FERTILISATION | 19/00
SUBJECT MATTER NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OTHER GROUPS OF THIS SUBCLASS | 99/00

|  | A61F |
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; 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) [6,8]

|  | 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

|  | A61G |
TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (chairs or beds in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47C; appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61H 3/00)

|  | A61G |
Subclass index
MEANS FOR DISPLACING DISABLED PERSONS OR PATIENTS | 1/00 - 7/00
BEDS; TREATMENT ROOMS; NURSING FACILITIES | 7/00; 10/00; 9/00, 12/00
INCUBATORS OR COUVEUSES FOR BABIES | 11/00
APPLIANCES FOR OPERATING ROOMS OR DENTISTS ROOMS | 13/00, 15/00
FUNERAL DEVICES | 17/00 - 21/00
SUBJECT MATTER NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OTHER GROUPS OF THIS SUBCLASS | 99/00

|  | A61H |
PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61F 4/00; electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61N)

|  | A61H |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated: "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.

|  | A61H |
Subclass index
APPLIANCES FOR AIDING PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS TO WALK ABOUT | 3/00
APPARATUS FOR PASSIVE EXERCISING, FOR EXERCISING THE EYES | 1/00, 5/00
MASSAGE |
Techniques of massage | 7/00, 9/00, 15/00, 23/00
Belts, strips or combs for massage | 11/00
Massage of particular parts of the body and devices therefor | 13/00, 19/00, 21/00
Accessories for massage | 37/00
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION | 31/00
THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC BATHING | 33/00, 35/00, 36/00
DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS OF THE BODY | 39/00
SUBJECT MATTER NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OTHER GROUPS OF THIS SUBCLASS | 99/00

|  | A61J |
CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE

|  | A61J |
Subclass index
CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES | 1/00
DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS | 3/00
ADMINISTRATION OF FOOD OR MEDICINE |
Feeding-bottles, teats, feeding-tubes | 9/00, 11/00, 15/00
Other devices | 7/00
Breast-nipple shields | 13/00
BABY COMFORTERS | 17/00
DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE | 19/00

|  | A61K |
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (bringing into special physical form Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61J; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61L; compounds per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12N; soap compositions Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11D; micro-organisms per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12N)

|  | A61K |
Note(s) This subclass covers the following subject matter, whether set forth as a composition (mixture), process of preparing the composition or process of treating using the composition: Drug or other biological compositions which are capable of: preventing, alleviating, treating or curing abnormal or 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, or the like (sex sterilants for invertebrates, e.g. insects, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N; plant growth regulators Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N 25/00-A01N 65/00); [1,7] diagnosing a physiological condition or state by an in vivo test, e.g. X-ray contrast or skin patch test compositions (measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C. Attention is drawn to the notes in class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07, for example the notes following the title of the subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07D, setting forth the rules for classifying organic compounds in that class, which rules are also applicable, if not otherwise indicated, to the classification of organic compounds in Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K. [8] In this subclass, with the exception of group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K 8/00, in the absence of an indication to the contrary, classification is made in the last appropriate place. Therapeutic activity of medicinal preparations is further classified in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61P. [7]

|  | A61K |
Subclass index
DENTAL PREPARATIONS | 6/00
COSMETICS, PERFUMES | 8/00
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS |
characterised by form | 9/00
characterised by active ingredients |
organic active ingredients | 31/00, 35/00, 36/00, 38/00
materials from animals, protozoa, bacteria or viruses | 35/00
materials from algae, fungi lichens or plants | 36/00
inorganic active ingredients | 33/00, 35/00
obtained by treating material with wave energy or particle radiation | 41/00
for testing in vivo | 49/00, 51/00
radioactive ingredients | 51/00
Vaccines | 39/00, 45/00
Carriers | 47/00
Medicinal preparations with genetic material, gene therapy | 48/00

|  | A61L |
METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agent employed Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A23; preparations for medical, dental or toilet purposes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K; preparation of ozone Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01B 13/10) [4]

|  | A61L |
Note(s) Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to: liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials are further classified in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12S. [5]

|  | A61L |
Subclass index
DISINFECTION OR STERILISATION OF MATERIALS |
General methods or apparatus | 2/00
of air | 9/00
of refuse | 11/00
of contact lenses | 12/00
MATERIALS FOR |
Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads | 15/00
sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels | 17/00
liquid bandages | 26/00
prostheses or for coating prostheses | 27/00
colostomy devices | 28/00
catheters or for coating catheters | 29/00
other surgical articles | 31/00
SURGICAL ADHESIVES OR CEMENTS; ADHESIVES FOR COLOSTOMY DEVICES | 24/00
ANTITHROMBOGENIC TREATMENT OF SURGICAL ARTICLES | 33/00

|  | 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] When classifying in this subclass, classification is also made in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B01D 15/08 insofar as subject matter of general interest relating to chromatography is concerned. [8]

|  | 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

|  | A61N |
ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61M; incandescent lamps Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01K; infra-red radiators for heating Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B) [6]

|  | A61N |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "therapy" implies that the treatment, when it aims at destroying sick or abnormal cells, is performed within the limits of healthy cell life, the destruction thereof being undesired, contrary to that which takes place with instruments, devices or methods covered by group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61B 18/00. [5,7]

|  | A61N |
Subclass index
ELECTROTHERAPY | 1/00
MAGNETOTHERAPY | 2/00
RADIATION THERAPY | 5/00
ULTRASOUND THERAPY | 7/00

|  | A61P |
THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS [7]

|  | A61P |
Note(s) This subclass covers therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparations already classified as such in subclasses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12N, or in classes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07 or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08. [7] In this subclass, the term "drugs" includes chemical compounds or compositions with therapeutic activity. [7] In this subclass, therapeutic activity is classified in all appropriate places. [7] The classification symbols of this subclass are not listed first when assigned to patent documents. [7]

|  | A61Q |
USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILET PREPARATIONS [8]

|  | A61Q |
Note(s) This subclass covers the use of cosmetics or similar toilet preparations already classified as such in main group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61K 8/00, in subclasses Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11D or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12N, or in classes Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C01, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C07 or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C08. [8] When classifying in this subclass, classification is also made in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61P if the preparation is stated to have therapeutic activity. [8] In this subclass, the use of cosmetics or similar toilet preparations is classified in all appropriate places. [8] The classification symbols of this subclass are not listed first when assigned to patent documents. [8]