Classification Detail

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