Class 10 Medical Instrument Products

Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments; artificial limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopedic 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:
It 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 varicose, strait jackets, and orthopedic 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 specially 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, babies’ napkins and napkins for incontinent, tampons (Class 5); -surgical implants comprised of living tissue (Class 5); -tobacco-free cigarettes for medical purposes (Class 5) and electronic cigarettes (Class 34); -wheelchairs and mobility scooters (Class 12); -massage tables and hospital beds (Class 20).