Class 10

Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments; artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials; therapeutic and assistive devices adapted for the disabled; massage apparatus; apparatus, devices and articles for nursing infants; sexual activity apparatus, devices and articles.

Explanatory Note

Class 10 includes mainly surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus, instruments and articles generally used for the diagnosis, treatment or improvement of function or condition of persons and animals.

This Class includes, in particular:


- supportive bandages and special clothing for medical purposes, for example, compression garments, stockings for varices, strait jackets, orthopaedic footwear;
- articles, instruments and devices for menstruation, contraception and childbirth, for example, menstrual cups, pessaries, condoms, childbirth mattresses, forceps;
- therapeutic and prosthetic articles and devices for implantation composed of artificial or synthetic materials, for example, surgical implants composed of artificial materials, artificial breasts, brain pacemakers, biodegradable bone fixation implants;
- furniture especially made for medical purposes, for example, armchairs for medical or dental purposes, air mattresses for medical purposes, operating tables.

This Class does not include, in particular:


- medical dressings and absorbent sanitary articles, for example, plasters, bandages and gauze for dressings, breast-nursing pads, diapers for babies' napkins and napkins for incontinentsincontinence, tampons (Cl. 5);
- surgical implants comprised of living tissue (Cl. 5);
- tobacco-free cigarettes for medical purposes (Cl. 5) and electronic cigarettes (Cl. 34);
- wheelchairs and mobility scooters (Cl. 12);
- massage tables and hospital beds (Cl. 20).

Language	Modification	Basic No.	Indications
en	change	100014	Unchanged
en	deletion	100016	nursing appliances
en	change	100096	hydrostatic bedswaterbeds for medical purposes water beds for medical purposes
en	change	100110	urinals [being vessels]
en	change	100145	dummies [teats] for babies babies' pacifiers [teats] pacifiers for babies teats
en	change	100209	Unchanged
en	addition	100264	robotic exoskeleton suits for medical purposes
en	addition	100265	acupressure bands
en	addition	100266	clips for dummies clips for pacifiers
en	addition	100267	cholesterol meters
en	addition	100268	patient examination gowns
en	addition	100269	biomagnetic rings for therapeutic or medical purposes
en	addition	100270	therapeutic facial masks
en	addition	100271	gum massagers for babies
en	addition	100272	pill crushers
en	addition	100273	glucometers glucose meters
en	addition	100274	curing lamps for medical purposes

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11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31	32	33	34

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Class 10

Explanatory Note