Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials

CPC: Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Surgical instruments, devices or methods > for closing wounds or holding wounds closed; Accessories for use therewith > for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials > Needles; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials

CPC:

Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) > for suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials > Needles ; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials

CPC subdivides this area 10x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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A61B 17/06004 +8 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06061 CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06066 +9 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06114 +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06161 CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06166 +5 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/06195 CPC only CPC only
A61B 17/062 Needle manipulators since 1995 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61B 2017/06052 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61B 2017/06057 2nd only CPC only CPC only