DIFF Subgroup
A61B 18/04 by heating (by applying electromagnetic radiation A61B18/18)
Introduced: January 2000
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: by heating
CPC: by heating (by applying electromagnetic radiation A61B18/18)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body > by heating
CPC:
Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body (eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/00) > by heating (by applying electromagnetic radiation A61B18/18)
Of 5 combined children, 3 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
IPC defines codes here since 2000.
Child Classifications
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- A61B 18/08 by means of electrically-heated probes since 2000 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- A61B 18/12 by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current since 2000 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC