NICE Class 10 covers surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments; artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials; therapeutic and assistive devices for persons with disabilities; and infant-nursing devices. It is a goods class for medical devices and instruments. In Nepal you register a Class 10 trademark with the Department of Industry, and protection covers only the class you file in — and note that medical dressings and medicines are Class 5, not Class 10.
Key Takeaways
- Class 10 is the medical-device class — surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments.
- It includes orthopaedic articles, prosthetics, compression garments, and assistive devices for people with disabilities.
- The key line: devices and instruments are Class 10, but medicines and dressings (plasters, gauze, diapers) are Class 5.
- It excludes wheelchairs and mobility scooters (Class 12) and massage tables and nursing pillows (Class 20).
- Nepal's medical-equipment importers, orthopaedic and dental suppliers file in Class 10.
- Register with the Department of Industry for a renewable 7-year term.
What does Trademark Class 10 cover?
Class 10 covers surgical, medical, dental and veterinary apparatus and instruments; artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; orthopaedic articles; suture materials; therapeutic and assistive devices adapted for persons with disabilities; massage apparatus; and apparatus for nursing infants. The unifying idea is devices, instruments and physical articles used in healthcare — the hardware of medicine — as distinct from the medicines and dressings that are Class 5.
Full list of goods in Class 10
Below is the complete alphabetical list of Class 10 goods indications from the WIPO NICE Classification (13-2026 edition) — 334 entries in total. Use it to find the exact wording for your specification when you file in Nepal:
- Abdominal belts
- Abdominal corsets
- Abdominal pads
- Acupressure bands
- Acupuncture needles
- Air beds for medical purposes
- Air cushions for medical purposes
- Air mattresses for medical purposes
- Air pillows for medical purposes
- Ambulance stretchers
- Anaesthetic apparatus
- Anaesthetic masks
- Analysers for bacterial identification for medical purposes / analyzers for bacterial identification for medical purposes
- Anti-glare spectacles / anti-glare eyeglasses
- Anti-nausea wristbands
- Anti-rheumatism bracelets
- Anti-rheumatism rings
- Apparatus and installations for the production of X-rays, for medical purposes
- Apparatus for acne treatment
- Apparatus for administering inhalants for medical purposes
- Apparatus for artificial respiration
- Apparatus for DNA and RNA testing for medical purposes
- Apparatus for testing breast milk for medical purposes
- Apparatus for the regeneration of stem cells for medical purposes
- Apparatus for the treatment of deafness
- Appliances for washing body cavities
- Arch supports for footwear
- Armchairs for medical or dental purposes
- Artificial breasts
- Artificial eyes
- Artificial jaws
- Artificial limbs
- Artificial skin for surgical purposes
- Artificial teeth
- Athletic tapes
- Audiometers
- Automatic vaccination apparatus for livestock
- Baby feeding dummies / baby feeding pacifiers
- Balling guns / bolus guns
- Basins for medical purposes
- Bath boards adapted for persons with physical disabilities
- Bed pans
- Bed vibrators
- Beds specially made for medical purposes
- Belts for medical purposes
- Belts, electric, for medical purposes
- Biodegradable bone fixation implants
- Biomagnetic rings for therapeutic or medical purposes
- Blackhead extractors for medical purposes / comedone extractors for medical purposes
- Blankets, electric, for medical purposes
- Blood testing apparatus
- Body composition monitors
- Body fat monitors
- Body rehabilitation apparatus for medical purposes
- Bone void fillers comprised of artificial materials
- Boots for medical purposes
- Bracelets for medical purposes
- Brain pacemakers
- Breast pumps
- Breathing apparatus for medical purposes
- Brushes for cleaning body cavities
- Cannulae
- Capillary tubes for medical use
- Cases fitted for medical instruments
- Castrating pincers
- Catgut
- Catheters
- Chambers for inhalers / spacers for inhalers
- Childbirth mattresses
- Cholesterol meters
- Clips for dummies / clips for pacifiers
- Clips, surgical
- Clothing especially for operating rooms
- Commode chairs
- Compression garments
- Compressors [surgical]
- Condoms
- Contact lens cases incorporating ultrasonic cleaning functions
- Contact lenses
- Containers especially made for medical waste
- Containers for contact lenses
- Contraceptive implants
- Contraceptives, non-chemical
- Cooling mats for pets for veterinary purposes
- Cooling pads for first aid purposes
- Cooling patches for medical purposes
- Corn knives
- Corrective lenses
- Corsets for medical purposes
- Crutches
- Cryogenic treatment apparatus for medical purposes
- Cryogenic treatment apparatus for veterinary purposes
- Crystals for therapeutic purposes
- Cupping glasses
- Curing lamps for medical purposes
- Cushions for medical purposes
- Defibrillators
- Densitometers for medical purposes
- Dental apparatus and instruments
- Dental apparatus, electric
- Dental burs
- Dentists' armchairs
- Dentures / sets of artificial teeth
- Diabetic monitoring apparatus
- Diagnostic apparatus for medical purposes
- Diagnostic apparatus for medical purposes for use in medical laboratories
- Dialyzers
- Disposable steam-heated masks for therapeutic purposes
- Disposable steam-heated patches for therapeutic purposes
- Dosage dispensers for medical use
- Douche bags
- Drainage tubes for medical purposes
- Draw-sheets for sick beds
- Dropper bottles for medical purposes
- Droppers for medical purposes
- Drug-coated stents for thrombosis / drug-eluting stents for thrombosis
- Dummies for babies / pacifiers for babies
- Ear picks
- Ear plugs [hearing protection devices]
- Ear plugs for swimmers
- Ear trumpets
- Elastic bandages, not for dressings
- Elastic stockings for surgical purposes
- Electric acupuncture instruments
- Electric facial aesthetic treatment apparatus, other than facial steamers
- Electric massage guns
- Electrocardiographs
- Electrodes for medical use
- Electrolarynxes
- Endoscopy cameras for medical purposes
- Enema apparatus for medical purposes
- Esthetic massage apparatus
- Facial rollers for massage
- Feeding bottle teats
- Feeding bottle valves
- Feeding bottles* / babies' bottles
- Filters for respiratory masks for medical purposes
- Filters for ultraviolet rays, for medical purposes
- Fingerstalls for medical purposes / finger guards for medical purposes
- Forceps
- Furniture especially made for medical purposes
- Galvanic belts for medical purposes
- Galvanic therapeutic appliances
- Gastroscopes
- Gloves for massage
- Gloves for medical purposes
- Glucometers / glucose meters
- Gum massagers for babies
- Haemocytometers / hemocytometers
- Hair prostheses
- Haptic suits for medical purposes
- Hearing aids
- Hearing protectors
- Heart pacemakers
- Heart rate monitoring apparatus
- Heating cushions, electric, for medical purposes / heating pads, electric, for medical purposes
- Hernia trusses / hernia bandages
- Hospital beds
- Hot air therapeutic apparatus
- Hot air vibrators for medical purposes
- Hydrogen inhalers
- Hypodermic syringes
- Hypogastric belts
- Ice bags for medical purposes
- Implantable subcutaneous drug delivery devices
- Incontinence sheets
- Incubators for babies
- Incubators for medical purposes
- Inhalers
- Injectors for medical purposes
- Instrument cases for use by doctors
- Insufflators
- Intrauterine devices
- Isolation booths fitted with medical equipment
- Keratometers / ophthalmometers
- Kinesiology tapes
- Knee bandages, orthopaedic / knee bandages, orthopedic
- Knives for surgical purposes
- Lamps for medical purposes
- Lancets
- Laser therapy helmets for treating alopecia
- Lasers for medical purposes
- LED masks for therapeutic purposes
- Lenses [intraocular prostheses] for surgical implantation / intraocular prostheses [lenses] for surgical implantation
- Lice combs
- Love dolls [sex dolls]
- Magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] apparatus for medical purposes
- Masks for use by medical personnel
- Massage apparatus
- Massage chairs with built-in massage apparatus
- Maternity belts
- Medical apparatus and instruments
- Medical cooling apparatus for treating heatstroke
- Medical cooling apparatus for use in therapeutic hypothermia
- Medical examination tables
- Medical guidewires
- Menstrual cups
- Microdermabrasion apparatus for medical or therapeutic purposes
- Mirrors for dentists
- Mirrors for surgeons
- Mouth guards for protection against teeth grinding
- Nanorobots for medical purposes / nanites for medical purposes
- Nasal aspirators
- Nebulisers for medical purposes / nebulizers for medical purposes
- Needles for medical purposes
- Neural helmets for medical purposes
- Nipple shields for breastfeeding
- Nose clips for swimmers
- Obstetric apparatus
- Obstetric apparatus for cattle
- Operating tables
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Orthodontic appliances
- Orthodontic rubber bands
- Orthopaedic articles / orthopedic articles
- Orthopaedic bandages for joints / orthopedic bandages for joints
- Orthopaedic belts / orthopedic belts
- Orthopaedic footwear / orthopedic footwear
- Orthopaedic soles / orthopedic soles
- Oxygen concentrators for medical purposes
- Pads for preventing pressure sores on patient bodies
- Patient examination gowns
- Patient hoists / patient lifting hoists
- Pessaries
- Pet walking aids
- Physical exercise apparatus for medical purposes
- Physiotherapy apparatus
- Pill crushers
- Pill cutters
- Pince-nez
- Pins for artificial teeth
- Plaster bandages for orthopaedic purposes / plaster bandages for orthopedic purposes
- Portable earpicks with endoscopy function
- Portable hand-held urinals
- Probes for medical purposes
- Protection devices against X-rays, for medical purposes
- Protective masks for medical purposes
- Pulse meters
- Pumps for medical purposes
- Quad canes for medical purposes
- Quartz lamps for medical purposes
- Radiological apparatus for medical purposes
- Radiology screens for medical purposes
- Radiotherapy apparatus
- Radium tubes for medical purposes
- Receptacles for applying medicines
- Respirators for artificial respiration
- Respirators for filtering air for medical purposes
- Respiratory masks for artificial respiration
- Respiratory masks for medical purposes
- Resuscitation apparatus
- Reusable sanitary masks made of gauze
- Robotic exoskeleton suits for medical purposes
- Sanitary masks
- Saws for surgical purposes
- Scalpels
- Scissors for surgery
- Sex toys
- Slings [support bandages]
- Smart walking sticks for persons with a visual impairment
- Soporific pillows for insomnia
- Spectacle cases / eyeglass cases
- Spectacle chains / eyeglass chains
- Spectacle cords / eyeglass cords
- Spectacle frames / eyeglass frames
- Spectacle lenses / eyeglass lenses
- Spectacles for correcting colour vision deficiency / spectacles for correcting color vision deficiency
- Spectacles* / eyeglasses
- Sphygmotensiometers / arterial blood pressure measuring apparatus / sphygmomanometers
- Spirometers [medical apparatus]
- Spittoons for medical purposes
- Splints, surgical
- Spoons for administering medicine
- Spoons for patients with tremor
- Stents
- Sterile sheets, surgical
- Stethoscopes
- Stockings for varices
- Strait jackets
- Stretchers, wheeled / gurneys, wheeled
- Sunglasses
- Sunglasses for pets
- Support bandages
- Supports for flat feet
- Surgical apparatus and instruments
- Surgical bougies
- Surgical cutlery
- Surgical drapes
- Surgical implants comprised of artificial materials
- Surgical robots
- Surgical sponges
- Suspensory bandages
- Suture materials
- Suture needles
- Syringes for injections
- Syringes for medical purposes
- Teeth protectors for dental purposes
- Teeth whitening apparatus for dental purposes
- Teething rings
- Temperature indicator labels for medical purposes
- Testing apparatus for medical purposes / apparatus for use in medical analysis
- Therapeutic facial masks
- Therapeutic magnets
- Thermal packs for first aid purposes
- Thermo-electric compresses [surgery]
- Thermometers for medical purposes
- Thread, surgical
- Tips for crutches
- Toe separators for orthopaedic purposes / toe separators for orthopedic purposes
- Tomographs for medical purposes
- Tongue depressors for medical purposes
- Traction apparatus for medical purposes
- Trocars
- Ultrasonic imaging apparatus for medical purposes
- Ultraviolet ray lamps for medical purposes
- Umbilical belts
- Urethral probes
- Urethral syringes
- Urinals being vessels
- Urological apparatus and instruments
- Uterine syringes
- Vaginal syringes
- Vaporizers for medical purposes
- Veterinary apparatus and instruments
- Vibromassage apparatus
- Walking aids for medical purposes
- Walking frames for persons with disabilities
- Walking sticks for medical purposes / canes for medical purposes
- Water bags for medical purposes
- Waterbeds for medical purposes
- Wheeled walkers to aid mobility
- X-ray apparatus for medical purposes
- X-ray photographs for medical purposes
- X-ray tubes for medical purposes
What Class 10 does not include
The main confusion is with medicines and dressings (Class 5). Note these exclusions:
| Product | Correct class |
|---|---|
| Medical dressings — plasters, bandages, gauze, breast pads, diapers | Class 5 |
| Medicines and pharmaceutical preparations | Class 5 |
| Wheelchairs and mobility scooters | Class 12 |
| Massage tables and nursing pillows | Class 20 |
| Novelty spectacles | Class 28 |
The rule of thumb: a medical device, instrument or physical article is Class 10, but a medicine or dressing is Class 5, and mobility vehicles are Class 12.
Who files in Class 10 in Nepal?
In Nepal, Class 10 is filed by medical-equipment importers and distributors — the bulk of Nepal's device market — hospital-supply companies, orthopaedic and prosthetic makers, dental-equipment suppliers, and brands selling assistive devices and home-care products. As healthcare investment grows nationwide, branded device suppliers rely on Class 10 to protect their names. Confirm your class with the NICE Class Finder.
How to register a trademark in Class 10
Search the register for earlier medical-device marks, confirm Class 10 fits (and that a dressing or medicine isn't really Class 5), prepare your mark and specification, and file with the Department of Industry. It examines, publishes for the 90-day opposition window, and registers for a renewable 7-year term. Remember that device regulatory approval is separate from trademark registration. See how to register a trademark in Nepal.
Do you need more than one class?
Often. A healthcare brand selling devices (Class 10) and medicines or dressings (Class 5), or a device with companion software (Class 9), needs multiple classes. Because Nepal files one class per application with per-class fees, map your range first. See choosing the right class, and the neighbouring Class 9 (Electronics & Software) and Class 11 (Lighting & Appliances).
A Nepal example
Take a Nepali hospital-supply company. Its surgical instruments, orthopaedic braces and operating-table furniture are Class 10, where its brand is registered. But the plasters, gauze and disposable diapers it also distributes are Class 5, and any patient-monitoring software it sells is Class 9. A single healthcare brand can span Class 10 for devices, Class 5 for dressings, and Class 9 for software — filing only in Class 10 leaves the dressings and software lines unprotected. The device-versus-dressing split is the one to get right.
Getting Class 10 right: common mistakes
The defining Class 10 mistake is confusing devices with dressings and medicines. Surgical instruments and orthopaedic supports are Class 10, but plasters, bandages, gauze, diapers and any medicine are Class 5. Many healthcare suppliers wrongly file their whole range in one class as a result. A second error is placing wheelchairs and mobility scooters in Class 10 — as vehicles for locomotion, they are Class 12.
A third pitfall is medical furniture versus ordinary furniture: an operating table or dental chair is Class 10, but a massage table or nursing pillow is Class 20. Specify the actual devices you make rather than claiming the whole heading, so your Class 10 registration is precise, and add Class 5 or Class 9 where your range extends into dressings, medicines or software.
Why precise Class 10 filing matters
Medical devices are trust-critical and closely regulated, so an accurate Class 10 registration is worth getting right. Naming your real goods — "orthopaedic braces", "dental instruments", "surgical apparatus" — makes the application easier to register and clearer to enforce, and keeps the boundary clean against Class 5 dressings and Class 12 mobility vehicles. Because Nepal is first-to-file, the date you lodge secures your priority as healthcare demand grows. For a device brand, an early, precisely scoped Class 10 filing — separate from any product regulatory approval — is what protects the name clinicians and patients come to rely on.
In short
Class 10 is the hardware of medicine — surgical instruments, orthopaedic articles, prosthetics and assistive devices. The line to remember is device versus dressing: instruments and devices are Class 10, but medicines and dressings such as plasters and gauze are Class 5, and mobility vehicles are Class 12. Get that split right, name your real goods, and file early, and your Class 10 registration will protect the name clinicians and patients trust. And remember the trademark is separate from the regulatory approval a device needs to be sold — you need both to bring a branded medical device to market in Nepal.
Class 10 filing checklist
- Confirm your product is a device or instrument, not a dressing or medicine (Class 5).
- Check the exclusions — Class 5, 12 or 20.
- Search the register for similar medical-device marks.
- Draft a precise goods specification.
- Add Class 5 or Class 9 where your range extends into dressings, medicines or software.
- File with the Department of Industry and track to registration.
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