A61M 5/168 Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters
Introduced: January 1990
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests > Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor > Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters
Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests ( ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; ) > Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor > Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters
CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 4 additional codes.
4 codes are CPC-only extensions, 1 exist only in IPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
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