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DIFF Subgroup
A61M 60/117

for assisting the heart, e.g. transcutaneous or external ventricular assist devices

Introduced: January 2021

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance > Location thereof with respect to the patient’s body > Extracorporeal pumps, i.e. the blood being pumped outside the patient’s body > for assisting the heart, e.g. transcutaneous or external ventricular assist devices

CPC:

Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance (heart stimulation A61H31/00; heart stimulators for electrotherapy A61N1/362) > Location thereof with respect to the patient's body > Extracorporeal pumps, i.e. the blood being pumped outside the patient's body > for assisting the heart, e.g. transcutaneous or external ventricular assist devices

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.