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IPC Subgroup
A61M 21/02

for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia

Introduced: January 1990

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis > for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
Subclass:
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR