Prostheses not implantable in the body

Introduced: January 1985

Last revised: January 2006

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 not implantable in 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

Related Keywords

artificial EAR(S)artificial NOSE(S) [= prostheses]

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A61F 2/52 Mammary prostheses
A61F 2/54 Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof
A61F 2/6 Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof
A61F 2/68 Operating or control means
A61F 2/76 Means for assembling, fitting or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing
A61F 2/78 Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps or stockings for the limb stump