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A61M 39/16

having provision for disinfection or sterilisation

Introduced: January 1995

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use > Tube connectors or tube couplings > having provision for disinfection or sterilisation

CPC:

Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use (for respiratory devices, e.g. tracheal tubes A61M16/00; artificial heart valves A61F2/24) > Tube connectors; Tube couplings > having provision for disinfection or sterilisation

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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  • A61M 2039/167 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • A61M 39/162 CPC only CPC only
  • A61M 39/165 CPC only CPC only
  • A61M 39/18 Methods or apparatus for making the connection under sterile conditions, i.e. sterile docking since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC