IPC Main Group
A61F 7/00 Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
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
Scope Notes
Limiting references: Hyperthermia using electric or magnetic fields or ultrasound
Related Keywords
COMPRESSESCOOLING of beds or sheetsHEATING of the human body for medical treatmentNURSING appliancesPAD(S) for medical or orthopaedic treatment
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