IPC Main Group
A61M 39/00 Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
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
Related Keywords
TUBE(S) for medical useTUBE(S) connectors, couplings or branch units for medical useVALVES for medical use
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A61M 39/02 Access sites
- A61M 39/08 Tubes; Storage means specially adapted therefor
- A61M 39/1 Tube connectors or tube couplings
- A61M 39/2 Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes
- A61M 39/22 Valves or arrangement of valves
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 18,523
- NOVARTIS CH 14,253
- COVIDIEN US 13,953
- ROCHE CH 12,005
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 11,955
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA US 11,692
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY US 11,596
- L'OREAL FR 11,593
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 11,297
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 9,594