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SIC Description for 3842 Description for 3842: Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies

Division D: Manufacturing

Major Group 38: Measuring, Analyzing, And Controlling Instruments; Photographic, Medical And Optical Goods; Watches And Clocks

Industry Group 384: Surgical, Medical, And Dental Instruments And Supplies

3842 Orthopedic, Prosthetic, and Surgical Appliances and Supplies

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic, prosthetic, and surgical appliances and supplies, arch supports and other foot appliances; fracture appliances, elastic hosiery, abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses; bandages; surgical gauze and dressings; sutures; adhesive tapes and medicated plasters; and personal safety appliances and equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing surgical and medical instruments are classified in Industry 3841. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing orthopedic or prosthetic appliances and in the personal fitting to the individual prescription by a physician are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5999. Abdominal supporters, braces, and trusses Absorbent cotton, sterilized Adhesive tape and plasters, medicated or non-medicated Applicators, cotton tipped Atomizers, medical Autoclaves, hospital and surgical Bandages and dressings, surgical and orthopedic Bandages: plastics, muslin, and plaster of paris Belts: sanitary, surgical, and corrective Braces, elastic Braces, orthopedic Bulletproof vests Canes, orthopedic Cervical collars Clothing, fire resistant and protective Colostomy appliances Corn remover and bunion pads Corsets, surgical Cosmetic restorations Cotton, absorbent: sterilized Cotton, including cotton balls Crutches and walkers Drapes, surgical: cotton Dressings, surgical Ear stoppers Elastic hosiery, orthopedic Extension shoes, orthopedic First aid, snake bite, and burn kits Foot appliances, orthopedic Fracture appliances, surgical Gas masks Gauze, surgical: not made in weaving mills Grafts, artificial: for surgery-made of braided or mesh artificial fibers Gynecological supplies and appliances Hearing aids Helmets, space Hosiery, support Hydrotherapy equipment Implants, surgical Infant incubators Intrauterine devices Iron lungs Life preservers, except cork and inflatable Ligatures, medical Limbs, artificial Linemen's safety belts Models, anatomical Noise protectors, personal Orthopedic devices and materials Pads, incontinent and bed Personal safety appliances and equipment Plugs, ear and nose Prosthetic appliances and supplies Radiation shielding aprons, gloves, and sheeting Respirators Respiratory protection equipment, personal Restraints, patient Safety appliances and equipment, personal Safety gloves, all materials Socks, stump Space suits Splints, pneumatic and wood Sponges, surgical Sterilizers, hospital and surgical Stockinette, surgical Stretchers Suits, firefighting: asbestos Supports: abdominal, ankle, arch, and kneecap Surgical appliances and supplies, except medical instruments Suspensories Sutures Swabs, sanitary cotton Tongue depressors Traction apparatus Trusses: orthopedic and surgical Welders'hoods Wheel chairs Whirlpool baths, hydrotherapy equipment

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