A61G 7/10 Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons > Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
Beds specially adapted for nursing; Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons (stretchers with facilities for picking up patients or disabled persons A61G1/003) > Devices for lifting patients or disabled persons, e.g. special adaptations of hoists thereto
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 8 additional codes.
8 codes are CPC-only extensions, 2 exist only in IPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
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Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
- NOVARTIS CH 14,253
- COVIDIEN US 13,953
- ROCHE CH 12,005
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
- L'OREAL FR 11,593
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class A61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 20,621
- NOVARTIS CH 15,792
- ROCHE CH 14,303
- COVIDIEN US 13,862
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 13,454
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 12,798
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 12,140
- L'OREAL FR 11,800
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,894
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED US 9,513