SBI 32.50—Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

Where 32.50 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 32 Other manufacturing
3. 32.5 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
4. 32.50 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 32.50.1 Manufacturing of dental instruments and supplies
• 32.50.2 Manufacturing of medical instruments and supplies (non-dental)

What 32.50 includes

• This class includes the manufacture of laboratory equipment, surgical and medical instruments, surgical aids and supplies, dental equipment and supplies, orthodontic articles, dentures, and orthodontic aids. It also includes the manufacture of medical, dental, and similar furniture, where the additional specific functions determine the purpose of the product, e.g., dental chairs with built-in hydraulic functions.
• Manufacture of surgical covering material and sterile threads and tissues
• Manufacture of dental fillings and dental cement (with the exception of adhesives for dentures), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations
• Manufacture of bone reconstruction cement
• Manufacture of ovens for dental laboratories
• Manufacture of ultrasonic cleaning machines for laboratories
• Manufacture of sterilizers for medical, surgical or laboratory use
• Manufacture of centrifuges for laboratory use
• Manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, e.g.: • operating tables • examination tables • hospital beds with mechanical devices • dental chairs
• Manufacture of articles specially designed for use exclusively in implants in medicine, surgery, dentistry or veterinary medicine, such as plates that remain permanently in the body, e.g. to replace a bone wholly or partially
• Manufacture of syringes, needles, catheters, cannulas etc.
• Manufacture of dental instruments and devices
• Manufacture of artificial teeth and dental accessories
• Manufacture of orthopedic and prosthetic medical devices
• Manufacture of eyeglasses
• Manufacture of medical thermometers
• Manufacture of ophthalmological articles, spectacles, sunglasses, prescription lenses, contact lenses, safety glasses
• Manufacture of custom-made orthopedic footwear and special insoles for the correction of orthopedic conditions
• Manufacture of personal protective masks, e.g. FFP2, FFP3, surgical masks

What 32.50 excludes

• Manufacture of mass-produced special shoes for arch support, see 15200
• Manufacture of fixing pastes and powders for dentures, see 20420
• Manufacture of cotton wool, gauze, bandages and similar articles, such as bandages, plasters, compresses, impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances, see 21200
• Manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic devices, see 26600
• Manufacture of hearing aids, see 26600
• Manufacture of wheelchairs, see 30920
• Activities of opticians, see 47743

32.50 in other systems