Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents

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 > Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents

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

Scope Notes

Limiting references: Stent-grafts for tubular structures of the body other than blood vessels Stent-grafts for blood vessels | Application references: Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts

Child Classifications

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• A61F 2/844 folded prior to deployment
• A61F 2/848 having means for fixation to the vessel wall, e.g. barbs
• A61F 2/852 Two or more distinct overlapping stents
• A61F 2/856 Single tubular stent with side portal passage
• A61F 2/86 Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
• A61F 2/92 Stents in the form of a rolled-up sheet expanding after insertion into the vessel
• A61F 2/94 Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the predetermined place