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A61F 2/00
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Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents |
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A61F 2/01
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Filters implantable into blood vessels |
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A61F 2/02
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Prostheses implantable into the body |
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A61F 2/04
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Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts |
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A61F 2/06
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Blood vessels |
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A61F 2/07
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Stent-grafts |
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A61F 2/08
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Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments |
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A61F 2/10
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Hair or skin implants |
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A61F 2/12
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Mammary prostheses |
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A61F 2/14
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Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants; Artificial eyes |
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A61F 2/16
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Intraocular lenses |
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A61F 2/18
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Internal ear or nose parts, e.g. ear-drums |
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A61F 2/20
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Larynxes; Tracheae combined with larynxes or for use therewith |
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A61F 2/24
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Heart valves |
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A61F 2/26
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Penis implants |
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A61F 2/28
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Bones |
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A61F 2/30
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Joints |
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A61F 2/32
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Joints for the hip |
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A61F 2/34
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Acetabular cups |
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A61F 2/36
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Femoral heads |
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A61F 2/38
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Joints for elbows or knees |
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A61F 2/40
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Joints for shoulders |
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A61F 2/42
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Joints for feet, e.g. toes |
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A61F 2/44
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Joints for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs |
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A61F 2/46
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Special tools for implanting artificial joints |
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A61F 2/48
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Operating or control means, e.g. from outside the body, control of sphincters |
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A61F 2/50
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Prostheses not implantable in the body |
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A61F 2/52
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Mammary prostheses |
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A61F 2/54
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Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof |
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A61F 2/56
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Artificial arms or hands or parts thereof adjustable |
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A61F 2/58
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Elbows; Wrists |
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A61F 2/60
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Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof |
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A61F 2/62
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Artificial legs or feet or parts thereof adjustable, e.g. adjustable shank, thigh, or tubular skeletal system |
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A61F 2/64
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Knee joints |
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A61F 2/66
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Feet; Ankle joints |
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A61F 2/68
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Operating or control means |
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A61F 2/70
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Operating or control means electrical |
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A61F 2/72
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Bioelectric control, e.g. myoelectric |
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A61F 2/74
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Operating or control means fluid |
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A61F 2/76
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Means for assembling, fitting, or testing prostheses, e.g. for measuring or balancing |
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A61F 2/78
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Means for protecting prostheses or for attaching them to the body, e.g. bandages, harnesses, straps, or stockings for the limb stump |
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A61F 2/80
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Sockets, e.g. of suction type |
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A61F 2/82
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Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents |
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A61F 2/84
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Instruments specially adapted for their placement or removal |
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A61F 2/86
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure |
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A61F 2/88
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure the wire-like elements formed as helical or spiral coils |
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A61F 2/89
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure the wire-like elements comprising two or more adjacent rings flexibly connected by separate members |
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A61F 2/90
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure |
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A61F 2/91
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure made from perforated sheets or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes |
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A61F 2/92
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Stents in the form of a rolled-up sheet expanding after insertion into the vessel |
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A61F 2/93
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Stents in the form of a rolled-up sheet expanding after insertion into the vessel circumferentially expandable by using ratcheting locks |
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A61F 2/94
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Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the predetermined place |
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A61F 2/95
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Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts |
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A61F 2/97
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Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having an outer sleeve the outer sleeve being splittable |
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A61F 2/844
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Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents folded prior to deployment |
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A61F 2/848
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Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents having means for fixation to the vessel wall, e.g. barbs |
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A61F 2/852
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Two or more distinct overlapping stents |
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A61F 2/856
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Single tubular stent with side portal passage |
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A61F 2/915
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Stents in a form characterised by wire-like elements; Stents in a form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure made from perforated sheets or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes with bands having a meander structure, adjacent bands being connected to each other |
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A61F 2/945
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Stents retaining their form, i.e. not being deformable, after placement in the predetermined place hardenable, e.g. stents formed in situ |
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A61F 2/954
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Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts for placing stents or stent-grafts in a bifurcation |
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A61F 2/958
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Inflatable balloons for placing stents or stent-grafts |
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A61F 2/962
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Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having an outer sleeve |
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A61F 2/966
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Instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts having an outer sleeve with relative longitudinal movement between outer sleeve and prosthesis, e.g. using a push rod |
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A61F 3/00
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Lengthening pieces for natural legs |
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A61F 4/00
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Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body |
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A61F 5/00
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Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices |
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A61F 5/01
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Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces |
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A61F 5/02
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Orthopaedic corsets |
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A61F 5/03
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Corsets or bandages for abdomen, teat, or breast support, with or without pads |
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A61F 5/04
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Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints |
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A61F 5/05
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Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints for immobilising |
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A61F 5/08
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Devices for correcting deformities of the nose |
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A61F 5/10
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Devices for correcting deformities of the fingers |
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A61F 5/11
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Devices for correcting deformities of the nails |
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A61F 5/14
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Special medical insertions for shoes for flat-feet, club-feet or the like |
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A61F 5/24
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Trusses |
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A61F 5/26
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Trusses with belt springs |
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A61F 5/28
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Supports for trusses |
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A61F 5/30
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Pressure pads |
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A61F 5/32
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Adjustable pressure pads |
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A61F 5/34
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Pressure pads filled with air or liquid |
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A61F 5/37
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Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts |
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A61F 5/40
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Suspensory bandages |
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A61F 5/41
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Devices for promoting penis erection |
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A61F 5/042
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Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints for extension or stretching |
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A61F 5/44
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Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Colostomy devices |
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A61F 5/045
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Equipment for beds, treatment tables, floor frames or the like |
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A61F 5/048
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Traction splints |
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A61F 5/50
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Devices for preventing finger-sucking |
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A61F 5/052
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Devices for stretching or reducing fractured limbs; Devices for distractions; Splints for immobilising specially adapted to facilitate walking, e.g. ambulatory braces |
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A61F 5/055
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Cervical collars |
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A61F 5/56
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Devices for preventing snoring |
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A61F 5/058
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Splints |
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A61F 5/441
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Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Colostomy devices having deodorant means, e.g. filters |
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A61F 5/442
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Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Colostomy devices having irrigation ports or means |
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A61F 5/443
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Devices worn by the patient for reception of urine, faeces, catamenial or other discharge; Colostomy devices having hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums |
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A61F 5/445
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Colostomy devices |
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A61F 5/447
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Bag anticollapse features |
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A61F 5/448
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Means attaching bag to seal ring |
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A61F 5/449
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Body securing means, e.g. belts, garments |
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A61F 5/451
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Genital receptacles |
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A61F 5/452
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Genital receptacles with separate faecal receiving compartment |
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A61F 5/453
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Genital receptacles for collecting urine or other discharge from male member |
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A61F 5/455
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Genital receptacles for collecting urine or discharge from female member |
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A61F 5/457
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Body securing means, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses |
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A61F 5/458
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Body securing means, e.g. belts, straps or harnesses adherent or inflatable type |
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A61F 6/00
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Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor |
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A61F 6/02
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Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by males |
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A61F 6/04
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Condoms, sheaths or the like |
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A61F 6/06
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Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by females |
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A61F 6/08
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Pessaries, i.e. devices worn in the vagina to support the uterus, remedy a malposition or prevent conception |
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A61F 6/10
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Diaphragms |
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A61F 6/12
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Inserters or removers |
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A61F 6/14
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Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by females intra-uterine type |
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A61F 6/16
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Contraceptive devices; Pessaries; Applicators therefor for use by females intra-uterine type inflatable |
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A61F 6/18
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Inserters or removers |
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A61F 6/20
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Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders |
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A61F 6/22
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Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders implantable in tubes |
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A61F 6/24
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Vas deferens occluders; Fallopian occluders implantable in tubes characterised by valve means |
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A61F 7/00
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Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body |
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A61F 7/02
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Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling |
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A61F 7/03
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Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling thermophore, i.e. self-heating |
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A61F 7/08
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Warming pads, pans or mats; Hot-water bottles |
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A61F 7/10
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Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags |
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A61F 7/12
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Devices for heating or cooling internal body cavities |
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A61F 9/00
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Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting in contact-lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand |
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A61F 9/01
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Treatment of the cornea |
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A61F 9/02
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Goggles |
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A61F 9/04
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Eye-masks |
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A61F 9/06
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Masks, shields, or hoods for welders |
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A61F 9/007
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Methods or devices for eye surgery |
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A61F 9/008
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Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser |
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A61F 9/009
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Auxiliary devices for making contact with the eyeball and coupling-in laser light |
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A61F 9/011
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Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser invasive |
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A61F 9/013
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Methods or devices for eye surgery for compensation of ocular refraction |
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A61F 11/00
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Methods or devices for treatment of the ears or hearing sense ; Non-electric hearing aids; Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense; Protective devices for the ears, carried on the body or in the hand |
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A61F 11/04
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Methods or devices for enabling ear patients to achieve auditory perception through physiological senses other than hearing sense, e.g. through the touch sense |
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A61F 11/06
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Protective devices for the ears |
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A61F 11/08
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Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs |
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A61F 11/10
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Protective devices for the ears internal, e.g. earplugs inflatable or expandable |
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A61F 11/12
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External mounting means |
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A61F 11/14
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Protective devices for the ears external, e.g. earcaps or earmuffs |
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A61F 11/20
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Ear surgery |
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A61F 11/30
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Non-electric hearing aids, e.g. ear trumpets, sound amplifiers or ear-shells |
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A61F 13/00
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads |
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A61F 13/01
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Non-adhesive bandages or dressings |
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A61F 13/02
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Adhesive plasters or dressings |
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A61F 13/04
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Plaster of Paris bandages; Other stiffening bandages |
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A61F 13/05
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specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy, wound drainage or wound irrigation, e.g. for use with negative-pressure wound therapy [NPWT] |
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A61F 13/06
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings |
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A61F 13/08
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings for contracting aneurisms |
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A61F 13/10
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for fingers, hands, or arms; Finger-stalls; Nail-protectors |
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A61F 13/12
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for the head or neck |
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A61F 13/14
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Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for the breast or abdomen |
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A61F 13/15
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators |
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A61F 13/20
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Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor |
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A61F 13/22
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Tampons made of rolled-up material |
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A61F 13/24
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Cup-shaped type tampons |
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A61F 13/26
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Means for inserting tampons |
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A61F 13/28
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Means for inserting tampons with lubricating means |
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A61F 13/30
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Distal portion of inserting means being deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therethrough |
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A61F 13/32
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Means for inserting tampons with slidable ejector, e.g. plunger or ram, inside tubular inserting means |
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A61F 13/34
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Means for withdrawing tampons |
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A61F 13/36
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Surgical swabs, e.g. for absorbency or packing body cavities during surgery |
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A61F 13/38
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Swabs having a stick-type handle |
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A61F 13/40
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators having means integral therewith for supplying media to the absorbent material, e.g. contained in a rupturable reservoir |
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A61F 13/42
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with wetness indicator or alarm |
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A61F 13/44
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with radio-opaque material or signalling means for residual material |
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A61F 13/45
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape |
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A61F 13/47
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins |
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A61F 13/49
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies |
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A61F 13/51
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the outer layers of the pads |
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A61F 13/53
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium |
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A61F 13/56
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Supporting or fastening means |
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A61F 13/58
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Adhesive tab fastener elements |
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A61F 13/60
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Adhesive tab fastener elements with release means associated with tab fasteners |
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A61F 13/62
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Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop |
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A61F 13/64
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Straps, belts, ties or endless bands |
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A61F 13/66
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads |
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A61F 13/68
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads abdominal enclosing type |
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A61F 13/70
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads abdominal enclosing type with openable or removable crotch portion |
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A61F 13/72
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads abdominal enclosing type with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type |
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A61F 13/74
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads having means to retain absorbent pads |
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A61F 13/76
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads having means to retain absorbent pads transverse to width of the pads or fastener elements, e.g. straps, end flaps or tucks |
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A61F 13/78
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Button or snap fastener elements |
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A61F 13/80
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads adjustable relative to body crotch area |
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A61F 13/82
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Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads with means for attaching to the body |
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A61F 13/84
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Accessories, not otherwise provided for, for absorbent pads |
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A61F 13/0203
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with fluid retention members |
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A61F 13/0206
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with absorbent fibrous layers, e.g. woven or non-woven absorbent pads or island dressings |
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A61F 13/0246
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characterised by the skin-adhering layer |
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A61F 13/471
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins specially adapted for male use |
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A61F 13/472
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins specially adapted for female use |
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A61F 13/474
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins adjustable |
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A61F 13/475
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins characterised by edge leakage prevention means |
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A61F 13/476
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Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins characterised by encircling the crotch region of the undergarment, e.g. with flaps |
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A61F 13/491
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies specially adapted for gender distinct urine discharge pattern |
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A61F 13/493
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies adjustable |
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A61F 13/494
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies characterised by edge leakage prevention means |
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A61F 13/495
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies with faecal cavity |
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A61F 13/496
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies in the form of pants or briefs |
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A61F 13/505
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with separable parts, e.g. combination of disposable and reusable parts |
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A61F 13/511
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Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin |
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A61F 13/512
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Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin characterised by its apertures, e.g. perforations |
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A61F 13/513
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Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin having areas of different permeability |
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A61F 13/514
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Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin |
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A61F 13/515
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the outer layers of the pads characterised by the interconnection of the topsheet and the backsheet |
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A61F 13/531
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad |
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A61F 13/532
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad |
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A61F 13/533
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad having discontinuous areas of compression |
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A61F 13/534
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad |
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A61F 13/535
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad, e.g. core absorbent layers being of different sizes |
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A61F 13/536
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad, e.g. core absorbent layers being of different sizes having discontinuous areas of compression |
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A61F 13/537
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer |
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A61F 13/538
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium characterised by specific fibre orientation or weave |
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A61F 13/539
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Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium characterised by the connection of absorbent layers with each other or with the outer layers |
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A61F 13/551
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Packages or wrapping arrangements for used pads, e.g. for disposal |
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A61F 15/00
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Auxiliary appliances for wound dressings; Dispensing containers for dressings or bandages |
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A61F 15/02
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Devices for cutting bandages of any kind, e.g. shears, cast-cutting saws |
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A61F 17/00
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First-aid kits |
