VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS

Introduced: September 1968

Description

A61D covers instruments, implements, tools, and methods specifically designed for veterinary medical practice and animal healthcare. This subclass encompasses diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical devices used in treating diseases and injuries in animals, as well as procedures for examination, treatment, and care of animal patients. Examples include veterinary dental instruments, animal surgical tools, restraint devices, and specialized examination equipment adapted for animal handling. This subclass excludes general medical instruments covered under human-oriented classifications and focuses exclusively on technologies modified or developed for veterinary applications.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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A61D 1/00 Surgical instruments for veterinary use +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 11/00 Washing devices or gaseous curative baths specially adapted to veterinary purposes (milking machine accessories for treatment of udders or teats A01J7/04) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 13/00 Thermometer holders specially adapted to veterinary purposes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 15/00 Mouth openers (devices to prevent crib-biting A01K13/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 17/00 Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 19/00 Instruments or methods for reproduction or fertilisation since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 3/00 Arrangements for supporting or fettering animals for veterinary purposes +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 5/00 Instruments for treating animals' teeth IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 7/00 Devices or methods for introducing solid, liquid, or gaseous remedies or other materials into or onto the bodies of animals (for reproduction or fertilisation A61D19/00 ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 9/00 Bandages, poultices, compresses specially adapted to veterinary purposes (fetlock-joint protecting rings A01K13/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
A61D 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC