Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and devices

This class includes the manufacture of medical and dental instruments and appliances, surgical equipment and orthopaedic appliances, special medical furniture (e.g. dental chairs with a mobile seat and built-in fluid distribution device): - manufacture of surgical sutures, sterile sutures and compresses - manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesives), dental waxes and other dental plasters - manufacture of bone cements - manufacture of furnaces for dental laboratories - manufacture of ultrasonic laboratory equipment - manufacture of laboratory sterilizers - manufacture of laboratory stills, laboratory centrifuges - manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture: surgical, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical devices, dental chairs - manufacture of bone plates, screws, syringes, needles, cannulas, catheters, etc. - manufacture of dental instruments (including dental equipment built into dental chairs) - manufacture of artificial teeth, bridges, etc. made in dental laboratories - manufacture of orthopedic appliances and prostheses, including orthopedic footwear - manufacture of eye prostheses - manufacture of medical thermometers - manufacture of medical rubber gloves - manufacture of ophthalmic items, eyeglasses, sunglasses, prescription and contact lenses, protective eyewear. This class excludes: - manufacture of denture adhesives, see 26.40 - manufacture of medical absorbent dressings, cotton, bandages, gauze, see 21.20.1 - manufacture of electromedical equipment, see 26.60 - manufacture of wheelchairs, see 30.92 - activities of optical shops, see 47.78