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Swiss federal authorities

325001 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies


This type includes:

  • manufacture of surgical drapes and sterile string and tissue
  • manufacture of dental fillings and cements (except denture adhesive or cement), dental wax and other dental plaster preparations
  • manufacture of bone reconstruction cements
  • manufacture of dental laboratory furnaces
  • manufacture of laboratory ultrasonic cleaning machinery
  • manufacture of laboratory sterilisers
  • manufacture of laboratory type distilling apparatus, laboratory centrifuges
  • manufacture of medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture, such as:
  • operating tables
  • examination tables
  • hospital beds with mechanical fittings
  • dentists' chairs
  • manufacture of bone plates and screws, syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae, etc.
  • manufacture of dental instruments (including dentist's chairs incorporating dental equipment)
  • manufacture of medical thermometers

This type excludes:

  • manufacture of medical impregnated wadding, dressings, etc. (see 212000)
  • manufacture of electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment (see 266000)