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Assistive device types - Selected code: 04
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04 - ASSISTIVE PRODUCTS FOR MEASURING, SUPPORTING, TRAINING OR REPLACING BODY FUNCTIONS
Products that monitor or assess a person’s medical condition, and products that support, or provide a substitute for, a specific body function. Included are, e.g. products used in “medical treatment”. Excluded are assistive products used exclusively by healthcare professionals. Assistive products for education and for training in skills, see >05; Assistive products attached to the body for supporting neuromusculoskeletal or movement related functions (orthoses) and replacing anatomical structures (prostheses), see >06; Tilting tables, see >053606; Assistive products for seeing, see >22 03; Assistive products for hearing, see >22 06
04.03 - Assistive products for respiration
Equipment for assisting a person to breathe Vibrators, see >042712; Assistive products for environmental improvement, see >27 03.
04.03.03 - Inhaled-air pretreatment devices
Devices that take in air from the surrounding area and physiologically treat it before inhalation by warming, cooling or cleaning the air
04.03.06 - Inhalation equipment
Devices for assisting a person to inhale or to administer drugs in the form of vapour, gas, liquid spray or fine dust. Included are, e.g. jet dispensers, automatic inhaler dispensers, pressure respirators, ultrasound nebulizers, filters, nebulizers with dosage aerosols.
04.03.06.S01 - Inhalation equipment04.03.06.S01 - Inhalation equipment
04.03.12 - Respirators
Devices for providing artificial ventilation through the nose, the mouth or an artificial hole in the air pipe (tracheostomy) for a person who has difficulties with breathing. Included are, e.g. ventilators and respirators that filter or purify the surrounding air, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP).
04.03.18 - Oxygen units
Devices providing concentrated oxygen gas, which is breathed in through the nose and mouth. Included are, e.g. units that concentrate oxygen from the surrounding air.
04.03.18.S01 - Oxygen units04.03.18.S01 - Oxygen units
04.03.21 - Aspirators
Devices for sucking secretions and substances out of the lungs
04.03.21.S01 - Aspirators04.03.21.S01 - Aspirators
04.03.24 - Benches and cushions for respiration
Devices for positioning a person in order to enable him/her to breathe or to drain secretions from the lungs
04.03.27 - Respiration muscle trainers
Devices for training the respiratory muscles either by applying resistance when a person is breathing or by direct compression onto the walls of the chest. Included are, e.g. masks that give resistance to inhaling and exhaling.
04.03.27.S01 - Respiration muscle trainers04.03.27.S01 - Respiration muscle trainers
04.03.30 - Respiration meters
Instruments for measuring the volume of air inhaled and exhaled. Included are, e.g. spirometers.
04.03.33 - Uvula supports
Devices that support the uvula in order to enable free breathing. Included are, e.g. devices to enable continuity in breathing and to avoid snoring.
04.06 - Assistive products for circulation therapy
Equipment for assisting circulation by passive or active compression. Blood pressure meters, see >042409; Exercise and ergometer cycles, see >044803; Special sitting furniture, see >180921; Beds and detachable bed-boards/mattress support platforms with manual adjustment, see >181207; Beds and detachable bed-boards/mattress support platforms with powered adjustment, see >181210
04.06.06 - Anti-oedema stockings for arms and legs and other parts of the body
Clothes that have a gradually descending pressure towards the body for curing or preventing oedema after operations and varicose wounds. Included are, e.g. tube-like elastic anti-oedema bandages, stockings for arms and legs for reducing or preventing swelling caused by circulation problems.
04.06.06.S01 - Anti-oedema socks
04.06.09 - Air-filled garments and compression units for circulation problems
Equipment with air-filled attachments for surrounding an affected part of the body; equipment consisting of both compression garments and compressors, that produces waves of compression to aid the circulation and to prevent swelling caused by circulation problems
04.08 - Assistive products for stimulating body control and conceptualization
Garments that facilitate body posture and control or body conceptualization with even pressure; clothes that are used to enhance daily activities. Included are, e.g. compression garments, bandages, tapes.
04.09 - Assistive products for light therapy
Infrared (IR) lamps, see >043003
04.09.03 - Ultraviolet A (UVA) lamps
Therapy lamps with long wave ultraviolet rays, used primarily for the treatment of skin conditions
04.09.06 - Selective Ultraviolet Phototherapy (SUP) and Ultraviolet B (UVB) lamps
Therapy lamps with short wave ultraviolet rays, used primarily for the treatment of skin conditions
04.09.09 - Protective eyeglasses for light therapy
Devices for protecting the eyes from ultraviolet rays. Assistive products for eye protection or face protection, see >090606
04.09.12 - Daylight therapy lamps
Therapy lamps with a colour temperature of at least 4000 Kelvin, used for the treatment of, e.g. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
04.15 - Assistive products for dialysis therapy
Devices for purifying the blood of a person. Assistive products for administering medicines, see >04 19. Sterilizing equipment, see >04 22. Bacteria culture media and equipment, see >042406. Blood pressure meters, see >042409. Blood analysis devices, equipment and materials, see >042412. Body thermometers, see >042424. Personal scales, see >042427. Tables, see >18 03. Light fixtures, see >18 06. Sitting furniture, see >18 09. Water purifiers and water softeners, see >270318
04.15.03 - Haemodialysis units (HD)
Machines used regularly for purifying the blood of a person who has poorly functioning or absent kidneys. Included are, e.g. dialysers, monitors, blood pumps, heparin pumps, air detectors.
04.15.06 - Units for continuous ambulant peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)
Body-worn devices for continuously purifying the blood of a person with poorly. functioning or absent kidneys. Included are, e.g. infusion unit bags, frames, heaters, fistula cannulas.
04.15.12 - Instrument sets for dialysis
Devices to connect a person to a dialyser. Included are, e.g. forceps. Sterilizing equipment, see >04 22
04.19 - Assistive products for administering medicines
Assistive products to control the rate and quantity of medicines administered. Included are, e.g. devices that assist or help the introduction of liquid medicines. directly into the body through the skin. Openers, see >240603
04.19.04 - Assistive products for measuring, dispensing or modifying medication to ensure its proper use
Devices to enable a person to measure the correct dosage of medicine, taken orally or injected; to dispense the correct dosage of a medicine; to modify a tablet, capsule or pill. to obtain a lower dose of the active ingredient; or to modify the form of a medication to facilitate its proper administration or consumption. Included are, e.g. pill crushers, pill splitters, assistive products for measuring the volume of liquid medicine. Assistive products for alarming, indicating, reminding and signalling, see >22 27
04.19.06 - Injection guns
Devices with a trigger for introducing liquid medicines directly into the body through the skin
04.19.09 - Injection syringes, single-use
Devices with a plunger for introducing liquid medicines directly into the body through a needle inserted in the skin; each syringe is intended for single use only
04.19.12 - Injection syringes, multi-use
Devices with a plunger for introducing liquid medicines directly into the body through a needle inserted in the skin; each syringe can be sterilized and re-used
04.19.15 - Injection needles, single-use
Needles intended for single use only
04.19.18 - Injection needles, multi-use or permanent use
Needles that can be sterilized and re-used and needles that can stay in the body for a long period of time
04.19.24 - Infusion pumps
Devices attached to the body for the automatic administration of medicine (including. nutrients) directly into the blood vessels. Included are, e.g. insulin pumps, feeding pumps, accessories for parenteral (intravenous) feeding. Feeding systems for enteral feeding, see >150930
04.19.27 - Unpowered infusion systems
Intravenous drip systems for the administration of medicine.
04.19.30 - Assistive products for inserting suppositories
04.19.33 - Accessories for assistive products for administering medicines
Included are, e.g. products for positioning of needles and fixation of needles.
04.22 - Sterilizing equipment
Devices that eliminate harmful bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms from assistive products
04.24 - Physical, physiological and biochemical test equipment and materials
Measuring instruments and equipment for workplaces, see >281803
04.24.03 - Urine analysis equipment
04.24.06 - Bacteria culture media and equipment
04.24.09 - Blood pressure meters (sphygmomanometers)
04.24.12 - Blood analysis devices, equipment and materials
Included are, e.g. blood glucose monitors.
04.24.15 - Electrocardiogram (ECG) equipment
Equipment for monitoring and recording the activities of the heart
04.24.18 - Physical test and evaluation materials
Equipment for testing and evaluating functions like joint stability, joint mobility, muscle. strength and physical endurance, as well as movement activities like sitting, standing, rolling over and walking
04.24.21 - Assistive products for measuring human physical and physiological properties
Included are, e.g. stethoscopes.
04.24.24 - Body thermometers
Instruments for measuring the body temperature
04.24.24.S01 - Body thermometers
04.24.27 - Personal scales
Instruments of measuring body weight
04.24.27.S01 - Personal scales04.24.27.S01 - Personal scales
04.24.30 - Assistive products for measuring skin condition
Instruments for measuring the state of a person's skin, e.g. thickness, moisture, dryness. Biofeedback devices for movement, strength and balance training, see >044824. Personal emergency alarm systems, see >222718
04.25 - Cognitive test and evaluation materials
Equipment for testing all those functions and activities that are related to logical thinking, intellectual potential and reasoning. Assistive products for vocational assessment and vocational training, see >28 27
04.25.03 - Language test and evaluation materials
Equipment for testing and evaluating how to use and understand language as a means of communication
04.25.06 - Psychological test and evaluation materials
Equipment for testing and evaluating behaviour, attitudes and emotional response
04.26 - Assistive products for cognitive therapy
Devices to assist in cognitive therapy, including doll therapy and memory stimulation therapy to support a person with memory impairment. Included are, e.g. therapeutic robots. Memory support products, see >222716
04.27 - Stimulators
Assistive products for increasing, decreasing or stabilizing body functions, through non-orthotic stimulators. Assistive products for sexual activities, see >09 54. Hearing aids used in connection with implants, see >220621
04.27.06 - Stimulators for pain relief
Equipment that changes the nerve sensitivity and, therefore, reduces the sensation of physical pain
04.27.09 - Muscle stimulators not used as orthoses
Equipment for stimulating a muscle or a particular area of a muscle causing it to contract or relax. Included are, e.g. stimulators to treat incontinence. Upper limb orthoses with built-in muscle stimulators, see >06 06. Lower limb orthoses with built-in muscle stimulators, see >06 12
04.27.12 - Vibrators
Devices made to oscillate rapidly that are used in vibratory massage for therapeutic purposes. Included are, e.g. relaxation massage devices, vibrators for loosening mucus in the lungs. (percussors). Devices for sexual activities, orgasm, ejaculation and erection, see >095409
04.27.15 - Sound stimulators
Devices to mask the auditory perception of noise produced from within the ear or from external sources. Included are, e.g. tinnitus masks. Assistive products for hearing, see >22 06
04.27.15.S01 - Tinnitus masks
04.27.18 - Assistive products for stimulating senses and sensibility
Included are, e.g. tactile stimulators, products for occlusion treatment to cover one eye in order to stimulate the other eye.
04.27.18.S01 - Software for visual training
04.27.21 - Assistive products for stimulating cell growth
Included are, e.g. magnetic field stimulation and electric stimulation of bone growth and tissue growth.
04.27.24 - Stimulators used in connection with implants
Devices to assist stimulating implanted receivers. Hearing aids used in connection with implants, see >220621
04.30 - Assistive products for heat treatment or cold treatment
Devices to produce heat or cold for therapeutic purposes
04.30.03 - Assistive products for heat treatment
Devices for heating the body or an area of the body for therapeutic purposes. Included are, e.g. IR lamps, preheated cushions.
04.30.06 - Assistive products for cold treatment
Devices for cooling the body or an area of the body for therapeutic purposes
04.33 - Assistive products intended to manage tissue integrity
Included are, e.g. products to prevent pressure sores and decubitus ulcers. Body-worn assistive products for body protection, see >09 06. Pads, cushions and other accessories for assistive products for walking to prevent bruising or skin injury, see >120718
04.33.03 - Seat cushions and underlays for tissue integrity
Devices for tissue integrity through redistribution of the load on the buttocks. Seat cushions and underlays, see >181006
04.33.03.S01 - Cushions for pressure sore prevention04.33.03.S01 - Cushions for pressure sore prevention
04.33.04 - Back cushions and back pads for tissue integrity
Devices for redistribution of the load on vulnerable parts of the back. Back supports, see >181003
04.33.06 - Assistive products for tissue integrity when lying down
Products intended to redistribute the load on vulnerable parts of the body when lying down and to prevent sores and decubitus ulcers. Mattresses and mattress coverings, see >181218
04.33.06.S01 - Mattresses for pressure sore prevention04.33.06.S01 - Mattresses for pressure sore prevention
04.33.06.S02 - Antidecubitus sheepskins04.33.06.S02 - Antidecubitus sheepskins
04.33.06.S03 - Antidecubitus coverings04.33.06.S03 - Antidecubitus coverings
04.33.06.S04 - Mattress coverings for pressure sore prevention04.33.06.S04 - Mattress coverings for pressure sore prevention
04.33.09 - Special equipment for tissue integrity
Equipment for evaluating or warning of excess pressure on parts of the body. Included are, e.g. alarms for skin integrity.
04.33.09.S01 - Antidecubitus heel protection04.33.09.S01 - Antidecubitus heel protection
04.33.09.S02 - Antidecubitus knees protection04.33.09.S02 - Antidecubitus knees protection
04.33.09.S03 - Antidecubitus elbow protection04.33.09.S03 - Antidecubitus elbow protection
04.36 - Assistive products for perceptual training
Assistive products for training in the correct acquisition and mental processing of external stimuli (coming from sight, hearing and other senses). Stimulators, see >04 27. Assistive products for heat or cold treatment, see >04 30. Equipment for movement, strength and balance training, see >04 48. Assistive products for communication therapy and communication training, see >05 03. Assistive products for training in cognitive skills, see >05 12
04.36.03 - Assistive products for training in perceptual discrimination and matching
Equipment that enables a person to distinguish between, match and categorize external stimuli. Included are, e.g. vibrating chairs (for training deaf persons).
04.36.03.S01 - Software for perceptual capacity training
04.36.06 - Assistive products for training in perceptual coordination
Equipment for training to improve ability to correctly process and coordinate external stimuli, especially those relating to concepts of space and time, spatial concepts and eye-hand coordination. Assistive products for training personal mobility, see >053309
04.36.09 - Assistive products for training in sensory integration
Products for facilitating the coordination and integration of incoming sensory information to the brain from different senses
04.45 - Assistive products for spinal traction
Devices used to produce stretching of the spine
04.48 - Equipment for movement, strength and balance training
04.48.03 - Exercise and ergometer cycles
Stationary cycles for physical exercise. Included are, e.g. arm ergometer cycles, weight bearing treadmill systems.
04.48.03.S01 - Ergometer cycles04.48.03.S01 - Ergometer cycles
04.48.07 - Assistive products for exercising gait pattern
Stationary equipment for providing support to a person training to improve a gait pattern. Included are, e.g. parallel bars, weight support treadmill systems. Assistive products for training in personal mobility, see >053309. Assistive products for walking, manipulated by one arm, see >12 03. Assistive products for walking, manipulated by both arms, see >12 06
04.48.07.S01 - Parallel bars04.48.07.S01 - Parallel bars
04.48.12 - Finger and hand exercise devices
Equipment for training movement or strengthening the fingers and the hands
04.48.15 - Arm exercise devices, trunk exercise devices and leg exercise devices
Equipment for training movement and balance or for strengthening the limbs and the trunk. Included are, e.g. wall bars, trampolines, gymnasium mats, balance boards, equipment. that supports aerobic and strength training.
04.48.15.S01 - Physioterapy wall bars04.48.15.S01 - Physioterapy wall bars
04.48.15.S02 - Aids for fitness04.48.15.S02 - Aids for fitness
04.48.15.S03 - Physioterapy stairs04.48.15.S03 - Physioterapy stairs
04.48.15.S04 - Physioterapy rollers04.48.15.S04 - Physioterapy rollers
04.48.15.S05 - Physioterapy mattresses04.48.15.S05 - Physioterapy mattresses
04.48.15.S06 - Physioterapy rocking boards04.48.15.S06 - Physioterapy rocking boards
04.48.15.S07 - Therapeutic boxes04.48.15.S07 - Therapeutic boxes
04.48.15.S08 - Physioterapy balls04.48.15.S08 - Physioterapy balls
04.48.18 - Weighted cuffs
Cuffs filled with weighted substances worn on the limbs during exercise to strengthen. them or to prevent trembling in limbs
04.48.24 - Biofeedback devices for movement, strength and balance training
Devices for providing an audible, a visible or a tactile signal in response to a specific. physical or physiological action
04.48.24.S01 - Biofeedback devices for rehabilitation04.48.24.S01 - Biofeedback devices for rehabilitation
04.48.27 - Assistive products for body positioning during therapy
Equipment for supporting a person in the correct position to facilitate therapy and treatment. Tilting tables, see >053606
04.48.27.S01 - Physioterapy mirrors04.48.27.S01 - Physioterapy mirrors
04.48.27.S02 - Physioterapy cuscions04.48.27.S02 - Physioterapy cuscions
04.48.27.S03 - Physioterapy beds04.48.27.S03 - Physioterapy beds
04.48.27.S04 - Physioterapy benchs04.48.27.S04 - Physioterapy benchs
04.48.27.S05 - Stabilizer wedges04.48.27.S05 - Stabilizer wedges
04.48.30 - Jaw exercise devices
Included are, e.g. devices for traction of the jaw.
04.49 - Wound care products
Included are, e.g. assistive products for wound care dressings, wound care absorption, wound care drainage, products for fixation of wound care products. Assistive products for tracheostomy care, see >09 15. Assistive products for ostomy care, see >09 18
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