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Detailed structure and explanatory notes

ISIC Rev.3.1 code 3311

Structure   

Hierarchy
  • Section: D - Manufacturing
  • Division: 33 - Manufacture of medical, precision and optical instruments, watches and clocks
  • Group: 331 - Manufacture of medical appliances and instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes, except optical instruments
  • Class: 3311 - Manufacture of medical and surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances
Explanatory note

This class includes:
- manufacture of instruments and appliances used for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes:
· electro-diagnostic apparatus such as electrocardiographs, ultrasonic diagnostic equipment, scintillation scanners, nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus, dental drill engines, sterilizers, ophthalmic instruments
- manufacture of syringes, needles used in medicine
- manufacture of mirrors, reflectors, endoscopes etc.
- manufacture of apparatus based on the use of X-rays or alpha, beta or gamma radiation, whether or not for use in human or animal medicine:
· X-ray tubes, high-tension generators, control panels, desks, screens etc.
- manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture:
· operating tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs, barbers' chairs
- manufacture of mechanotherapy appliances, massage apparatus, psychological testing apparatus, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, artificial respiration apparatus, gas masks etc.

This class also includes:
- manufacture of orthopaedic appliances:
· crutches, surgical belts and trusses, splints, artificial teeth, artificial limbs and other artificial parts of the body, hearing aids, pacemakers, orthopaedic shoes etc.


This class excludes:
- manufacture of surgical dressings, medicated wadding, fracture bandages etc., see 2423
- manufacture of cement used in dentistry, see 2423
- manufacture of thermometers, see 3312
- manufacture of corrective spectacle lenses and of their frames or of optical microscopes, see 3320
- denture fitting by dentists or spectacles fitting by optometrists, see 8512, 8519
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