IPC Main Group
A61B 18/00 Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
Introduced: January 2000
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
Scope Notes
Limiting references: Eye surgery Ear surgery
Related Keywords
CAUTERISING appliances for medical purposeselectro-surgical apparatus
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61B 18/02 by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques
- A61B 18/04 by heating
- A61B 18/18 by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves