Explanatory Note
Title: Manufacture of irradiation, electromedicine and electrotherapeutic equipment
Includes the manufacture of equipment and apparatus for: medicine, surgery, dentistry
and
veterinary;
electrodiagnostics
(electrocardiographs,
electroencephalographs,
ultrasound scanners,
endoscopes, ultrasound diagnostic equipment, tomography devices
computed tomography (CAT), positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, MRI
nuclear magnetic, scintigraphic probes, etc.); diagnostics (stethoscopes,
voltage measurement, ophthalmology, etc.); and therapy (electric vibro-massagers,
ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, ultrasound diathermy, ultraviolet rays,
etc.) and disability compensation (hearing correction and cardiac stimulators).
Includes radiation devices (beta, gamma or X-rays or other ionizing radiation) for applications
medical (diagnostic and therapeutic), industrial, scientific research and evaluation, medical devices
artificial respiration or therapeutic respiration, pacemakers, hearing aids, as well as
as accessories, parts and pieces of equipment for this activity and manufacturing of
equipment for irradiating food and milk.
Does not include:
Manufacturing of optical microscopes (26701);
Manufacture of tanning beds (27900);
Manufacture of corrective lenses for glasses (includes frames) (32501);
Manufacture of furniture for medical use (32502);
Manufacture of thermometers for medical use (32502);
Manufacture of cements for dentistry, dressings and gases for medical use (32502);
Manufacture of masks for medical and personal protection applications (32502);
Manufacture of sterilizers, syringes, scalpels and hypodermic needles (32502);
Repair of equipment and appliances for medical use (331);
Installation of equipment for medical use (33200);