Class 10: Medical apparatus, spectacles

Class heading

• Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments
• artificial limbs, eyes and teeth
• spectacles, contact lenses and sunglasses
• orthopaedic articles
• suture materials
• therapeutic and assistive devices adapted for persons with disabilities
• massage apparatus
• apparatus, devices and articles for nursing infants
• sexual activity apparatus, devices and articles

What class 10 covers

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:

• support bandages, orthopaedic bandages
• 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 made of artificial or synthetic materials, for example, surgical implants comprised 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 and for incontinence, tampons (Class 5)
• surgical implants comprised of living tissue (Class 5)
• tobacco-free cigarettes for medical purposes (Class 5), electronic cigarettes (Class 34)
• wheelchairs, mobility scooters (Class 12)
• massage tables, nursing pillows (Class 20)
• novelty spectacles (Class 28)

Class heading and explanatory note adapted from WIPO’s Nice Classification explanatory notes (NCL 13-2026), © WIPO, CC BY. Changes: shortened layout; references to other classes turned into links. CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · WIPO terms of use (opens in a new tab)

Turkish list (Tebliğ 2026/2) for class 10

Unofficial English translation. Filings in Türkiye use the official Turkish text of TÜRKPATENT Communiqué 2026/2.

• Surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus, instruments and furniture
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  Cerrahi, tıbbi, diş hekimliği ve veterinerlik için alet, cihaz ve mobilyalar.

• Artificial organs and prostheses
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  Yapay organlar ve protezler.

• Orthopaedic articles: corsets for medical purposes, orthopaedic footwear, elastic and supportive bandages
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  Tıbbi ortopedik malzemeler: tıbbi korseler, ortopedik ayakkabılar, elastiki ve destekleyici bandajlar .

• Clothing for operating rooms and sterile sheets (surgical drapes), masks for medical purposes
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  Ameliyathane giysileri ve steril örtüler, sağlık amaçlı maskeler.

• Sexual activity apparatus, devices and articles
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  Cinsel amaçlı aletler ve malzemeler.

• Condoms
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  Prezervatifler (kondom/kaput).

• Feeding bottles, teats for feeding bottles, dummies (pacifiers), teething rings for babies
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  Biberonlar, biberon emzikleri, emzikler, bebekler için diş kaşıyıcılar.

• Bracelets and rings for medical purposes, anti-rheumatism bracelets and rings
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  Tıbbi amaçlı bilezikler ve yüzükler, romatizma önleyici bileklikler ve yüzükler.

• Spectacles, sunglasses, contact lenses and cases, covers, parts and accessories for them
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  Gözlükler, güneş gözlükleri, lensler ve bunların kutuları, kılıfları, parçaları ve aksesuarları.

Example terms in class 10

A selection of 100 terms from the 2,219 USPTO ID Manual terms in this class.

• Abdominal belts
• Acupuncture needles
• Anastomosis devices
• Antireflective lenses for eyeglasses
• Appliances for washing body cavities
• Artificial heart-lung machines
• Artificial urethral sphincters
• Back supports for medical purposes
• Belts for medical purposes
• Blood collection bags for medical purposes
• Blood tubing sets for medical purposes
• Bone retractors
• Breast warmer pads for medical purposes
• Capsule endoscopes for medical purposes
• Cases for pince-nez
• Cervical collars
• Cholesterol meters
• Colour vision deficiency correction glasses
• Compression jerseys
• Compression sleeves incorporating digital sensors
• Contact lenses
• Cotyloid implants made of artificial materials
• Curing lamps for medical purposes
• Dental bite trays
• Dental drills
• Dental pliers
• Dialysis machines
• Disposable teats being pacifiers for babies
• Drug delivery devices sold empty
• Ear plugs for noise reduction
• Elastic compression bandages for surgical purposes
• Electric foot spa massagers
• Electrocardiographs
• Electronic wrist sphygmomanometers
• Enema apparatus
• Eye droppers
• Eyeglass pouches
• Feeding bottle teats
• Fingerstalls for medical purposes
• Floatable sunglasses
• Gas chromatography apparatus for medical
• Goniometers for orthopedic
• Heart monitors
• Hepatic shunt occluders
• Humidifiers for medical
• Implantable loop recorders
• Infrared thermometers for medical purposes
• Insulin pumps
• Intravenous feeding bottles
• Knives for surgical purposes
• Lasers for skin treatment
• Lavage apparatus for therapeutic purposes
• Low frequency electromagnetic therapy apparatus
• Massage apparatus and instruments
• Medical and surgical catheters
• Medical compression stockings and tights
• Medical devices for treating vascular bifurcations
• Medical gowns
• Medical instruments for percutaneous tracheostomy
• Medical procedure tables
• Medical tubing for transfusions
• Metal plates for medical
• Mouth props for dental purposes
• Neck cords for eyeglasses
• Non-medicated compresses
• Ocular implants made of artificial materials
• Orthodontic headgear
• Orthopaedic soles
• Orthopedic soles
• Oxygen masks for medical purposes
• Patient stretchers
• Phototherapeutic apparatus for medical purposes
• Platinum cauteries
• Power assist suits for medical purposes
• Protective eyeglasses
• Protective masks for medical purposes
• Reading glasses
• Reusable sanitary masks made of gauze
• Sanitary masks for germ isolation purposes
• Shade guides for dental
• Socks for protection against verrucae
• Spectacle temples
• Spinal syringes
• Stethoscope holders
• Stretching machines for therapeutic purposes
• Sunglasses
• Surgical and medical apparatus and instruments
• Surgical drapes
• Surgical mask extenders
• Surgical scrub hats featuring fashion prints
• Suspensory bandages
• Teething rings
• Therapeutic facial masks
• Thoracoscopes
• Transfer boards for mobility-impaired persons
• Ultrasound apparatus for dental imaging
• Urethral dilators
• Vaporizers for medical purposes
• Vibromassage apparatus
• Windlass tourniquets

Example terms: Source: USPTO ID Manual (public domain), retrieved 18 October 2026.

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