FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
Subclass:: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS

Description

A61F covers a broad range of medical devices and supplies used for therapeutic intervention, structural support, and protective care. This includes vascular implants such as stents and blood vessel filters, prosthetic limbs and organs, devices that maintain or restore patency in the body's tubular structures, orthopaedic supports and fixation systems, contraceptive devices, and ophthalmic/otological treatments. The subclass also encompasses wound management products including bandages, dressings, absorbent pads, fomentation devices (heat/moisture therapy), nursing aids, and first-aid kits. These technologies span both implantable and external applications across cardiovascular, orthopedic, ophthalmic, and general wound-care fields.

Scope Notes

Glossary: Absorbent articles Articles adapted to absorb liquid excreted by the body. Dilator Dilators A (surgical) device or instrument used to dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, stretch an opening, organ, passage, tube, canal or cavity of a human or animal body (e.g. urethrotomy, tracheotomy, nasal, anal or cervix (Hegar's dilator) or vaginal dilation, bougienage, percutaneous dilation of tissues (Byrd dilator), whereas stents are not dilators but prostheses for providing patency, or preventing collapsing of tubular structures of the body. Disabled person disabled persons A human being that is unable to do certain basic physical tasks (e.g. walking) due to a physical or mental impairment/condition. Patient patients A human being awaiting or undergoing any form of (a) medical care (e.g. testing) or treatment by medical staff (e.g. doctors, dentists, midwives, chiropractors), or (b) physical tending (e.g. feeding) by care giver (e.g. hospice or nursing home staff) due to impairment. Stent Stents Balloon- or self-expandable tubular device for use in the treatment of duct-like organs typified for example by a blood vessel, biliary tract, urinary tract, digestive tract, and the like providing patency. Stent graft Stent with a tubular member made of a synthetic resin affixed to the inside or outside of the stent. | Limiting references: Brassieres Cosmetic articles, e.g. wigs, hair pieces Caps with means for protecting the eyes or the ears Ordinary arch supports for shoes Artificial nails Heating or cooling means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses Surgical instruments Devices for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed Dental prostheses Chiropractic methods or devices Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk Massage of the genitals Chemical aspects of contraception Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads , Adhesives for costolomy devices Surgical adhesives or cements Materials for prostheses Materials for costolomy devices Artificial hearts, kidneys Irrigators Drainage appliances for wounds Dilators Valves specially adapted for medical use Making artificial eyes from organic plastic material , Arm rests for use as writing aids Arrangements of tyre-inflating valves to tyres or rims Safety devices for welding in general Removable contact lenses Sunglasses or goggles having the same features as spectacles Electric heating elements

Related Keywords

STANDS for attaching to footwear [= elevators]orthopaedic SUPPORTS

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A61F 11/00 Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand
A61F 13/00 Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
A61F 15/00 Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages
A61F 17/00 First-aid kits
A61F 2/00 Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
A61F 3/00 Lengthening pieces for natural legs
A61F 4/00 Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body
A61F 5/00 Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices
A61F 6/00 Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor
A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
A61F 9/00 Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand