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A61N ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)[6]

Note(s)
In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:[5,7]
    "therapy" implies that the treatment, when it aims at destroying sick or abnormal cells, is performed within the limits of healthy cell life, the destruction thereof being undesired, contrary to that which takes place with instruments, devices or methods covered by group A61B 18/00.

Subclass indexes

ELECTROTHERAPY

1/00

MAGNETOTHERAPY

2/00

RADIATION THERAPY

5/00

ULTRASOUND THERAPY

7/00