IPC Subgroup
A61M 60/484 generated by electro-thermomechanical actuators, e.g. shape memory alloy actuators
Introduced: January 2021
Full Title
Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance > Details relating to driving > for devices for mechanical circulatory actuation > the force acting on the actuation means being mechanical, e.g. mechanically driven members clamping a blood vessel > generated by electro-thermomechanical actuators, e.g. shape memory alloy actuators
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