Prostheses implantable into the body

Full Title

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 > Prostheses implantable into the body

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

Child Classifications

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• A61F 2/04 Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts
• A61F 2/08 Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments
• A61F 2/1 Hair or skin implants
• A61F 2/12 Mammary prostheses
• A61F 2/14 Eye parts, e.g. lenses or corneal implants; Artificial eyes
• A61F 2/18 Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums
• A61F 2/2 Larynxes; Tracheae combined with larynxes or for use therewith
• A61F 2/24 Heart valves
• A61F 2/26 Penis implants
• A61F 2/28 Bones
• A61F 2/3 Joints
• A61F 2/48 Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body or control of sphincters