A61H PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- Subclass:
- PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
Description
This subclass covers mechanical and electromechanical devices for non-invasive physical therapy, including apparatus for locating and stimulating reflex points (acupressure, trigger points), vibration and massage equipment, artificial respiration devices, and specialized bathing or hydrotherapy systems designed for therapeutic or hygienic treatment of the body or specific anatomical regions. Examples include massage chairs, vibration platforms, percussion massagers, electrodes for reflex stimulation, and therapeutic bathing equipment. The classification excludes drug delivery or chemical treatments (covered in A61K) and specialized surgical or diagnostic instruments, focusing instead on mechanical stimulation and physical manipulation therapies.
Scope Notes
Glossary: Therapy therapies Any medical treatment of an abnormal condition of a human or animal body (e.g. disease, impaired organ, injured limb) by means, instruments, devices, or methods that utilise forms of energy (e.g. mechanical energy) and which is not used for surgical purposes. In general, the treatment time for therapy is long-term relative to that for surgery which usually has a much more immediate effect on the body. Disabled person disabled persons A human being that is unable to do a basic physical task (e.g. walking) without assistance 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 providers (e.g. hospice or nursing home staff) due to impairment. | Limiting references: Training or exercising equipment for animals Garments with controlled internal environment Ventilating, cooling or heating means in connection with bedsteads or mattresses Apparatus for helping babies to walk Baths; Showers; Appurtenances therefor for merely cleaning human bodies Body washing or cleaning implements for merely cleaning human bodies Dental implements for therapeutic treatment Orthopedic devices or methods Devices for treatment of the eyes Means for washing bed-ridden persons Beds for promoting or observing sleep Subaquatic intestinal cleaning Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means (other than alarm clocks or the like) Blood pumps or devices for mechanical circulatory assistance Electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy, ultrasound therapy Electromedical massage devices applying continuous direct current by contact electrodes Electrotherapy devices applying alternating or intermittent currents by contact electrodes Applying ionised fluids to the human body for therapy Exercising apparatus specially adapted for conditioning the cardio-vascular system, for training agility or co-ordination of movements Exercising apparatus specially adapted for particular parts of the body Exercising devices for feet or toes | Application references: Accessory implements for clippers or shavers carrying out massage or other functions than cutting hair
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- A61H 1/00 Apparatus for passive exercising; Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones
- A61H 11/00 Belts, strips, or combs for massage purposes
- A61H 13/00 Gum massage
- A61H 15/00 Massage by means of rollers, balls, e.g. inflatable, chains, or roller chains
- A61H 19/00 Massage of the genitals
- A61H 21/00 Massage devices for cavities of the body
- A61H 23/00 Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
- A61H 3/00 Appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk about
- A61H 31/00 Artificial respiration by a force applied to the chest; Heart stimulation, e.g. heart massage
- A61H 33/00 Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
- A61H 35/00 Baths for specific parts of the body, e.g. breast douches
- A61H 36/00 Sweating suits
- A61H 37/00 Accessories for massage
- A61H 39/00 Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture
- A61H 5/00 Exercisers for the eyes
- A61H 7/00 Devices for suction-kneading massage; Devices for massaging the skin by rubbing or brushing not otherwise provided for
- A61H 9/00 Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
- A61H 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass