Explanatory Note
Title: Manufacture of orthopedic material and prosthetics and medical-surgical instruments
Includes the manufacture of articles and devices: prostheses (dental, orthopedic,
crutches, splints, braces, medical-surgical slings, vests, etc.); articles to be used in
medical, surgical or dental implants, masks for medical applications; footwear
orthopedic and special insoles with medical prescription; sterilizers and centrifuges
laboratory; syringes, catheters, scalpels and hypodermic needles; surgical sheets, threads and
sterilized tissues, cements, waxes and other products for dental fillings; instruments
and dental appliances; cements for bone reconstruction; furniture for medical use (tables
of operations and examination, hospital beds, etc.), dental and similar (e.g. chairs
dentists with hydraulic functions) and thermometers.
Includes accessories, parts and pieces of material from this activity and making masks.
individual protection (e.g. FFP2, FFP3 and surgical masks).
Does not include:
Manufacture of special standard footwear to support the arch of the foot (15201);
Manufacture of denture fixing pastes and powders (20420);
Manufacture of gases, dressings and similar articles impregnated with pharmaceutical substances
(21202);
Manufacture of electromedicine and electrotherapeutic equipment (26600);
Manufacture of hearing aids and cardiac stimulators (26600);
Manufacture of corrective lenses for glasses (32501);
Manufacture of wheelchairs (30920);