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CLASS 606,	SURGERY
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[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 1]

INSTRUMENTS:

This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter of Class 128, including devices or appliance for use in operative surgery upon the body or in preparation for operative surgery, together with devices designed to assist in operative surgery.

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2+,	for light application to the body.
20+,	for cryogenic application to the body.
27+,	for heat application to the body.
32+,	for electrical application to the body.
53+,	for orthopedic instruments.
119+,	for obstetrical instruments.
127+,	for concretion removal.
135+,	for mammalian sterilization instruments.
139+,	for suture ligature, elastic band or clip appliers.

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128,	Surgery, subclasses 830+ and 842+ for female and male birth control devices.
600,	Surgery, subclasses 33+ for reproduction and fertilization techniques, subclass 36 for blood vessel or graft preparation and subclass 37 for internal organ support or slings.
604,	Surgery, subclasses 11+ for means to insert fibrous or resident packing receptor or medicament into a body orifice.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 2]

Light application:

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the instrument has combined therewith means for applying light or analogous rays to the body.

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607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 88+ for other light applying devices which are limited to therapeutic use.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 2.5]

2.5

Lithotripsy:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter for fragmenting a calculus or stone (e.g., kidney stone, bladder stone, etc.) by use of light energy applied thereto.

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128,	for subject matter relating to fragmenting a calculus or stone by use of mechanical energy.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 600+ for inductive heating, subclasses 678+ for microwave heating, and subclasses 764+ for capacitive dielectric heating.
241,	Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration, subclass 1 for a process of disintegrating solid material by means other than mechanical energy.
250,	Radiant Energy, subclasses 492.1+ for irradiation of objects.
313,	Electric Lamp and Discharge Devices, subclasses 578+ for incandescent filament lamp structure.
359,	Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements, appropriate subclasses for an optical combination or subcombination, per se (e.g., lens, mirror, ocular, etc.).
362,	Illumination, appropriate subclasses for lighting means, or supports.
372,	Coherent Light Generators, appropriate subclasses for a laser, per se.
385,	Optical Waveguides, appropriate subclasses for a device for conducting light energy, per se.
600,	Surgery, subclasses 101+ and, in particular, subclasses 160+, 179+, 191, 200, 224, and 249 for an illuminated endoscope used to view body stones
601,	Surgery: Kinesitherapy, subclass 4 for massaging means to crush body stones by the application of external force.
604,	Surgery, subclasses 20+ for medicating, irrigating, or aspirating material other than a calculus from the body combined with light application.

3	With particular wavelength:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter wherein the light or analogous rays are of a wavelength particularly adapted to effect a surgical procedure.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 4]

Ophthalmic:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter designed to be used upon the eye.

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107,	for means for inserting or removing eye lens material.
166,	for corneal cutter or guide therefor.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 5]

Recurving or reshaping of the eye:

This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Subject matter designed to remove portions of the eye to effect an alteration of the curvature or shape thereof.

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107,	for means for inserting or removing eye lens material.
166,	for corneal cutter or guide therefor.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 6]

Cataracts or glaucoma:

This subclass is indented under subclass 4. Subject matter designed to be used in the treatment of opacity of the eye lens or capsule or to heat intravocular pressure.

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107,	for means to manipulate the natural eye lens.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 7]

Angioplasty:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter designed to be used in the removal of blood vessel obstructions.

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159,	for blood vessel, duct, test cutters, scraper or abrader.
200,	for mechanical embolic traps or filters in general.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 8]

Anastomosis:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter having means used in the joining together of various tissues of the body.

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151+,

for various devices used to join body tissue together.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 9]

Dermatological:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter designed to be used in treatment of the skin by removing hair, lesions or other extraneous matter from the skin.

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131+,

for removal of skin or material therefrom, in particular subclasses 133 for the physical removal of hair by tweezers and other devices and subclass 134 for the removal of hair by the application of wax or adhesives.

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604,	Surgery, subclasses 289+ for treating material applied to or removed from external body surface or certaneous layer of skin.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 88+ for chambers and cabinets used to irradiate some portion of the body with light rays.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 10]

Systems:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter for supplying light or analogous rays to light applicators by means in combination with conventional applicators or by means limited to a surgical purpose.

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13,	for methods and systems combined with particular light applicator structure.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.6+ for methods and systems employing lasers.
372,	Coherent Light Generators, appropriate subclasses, for systems directed to lasers.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 11]

Beam energy control or monitoring:

This subclass is indented under subclass 10. Subject matter including means for controlling or monitoring the output power of the light or analogous rays.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.6+ for beam energy control systems for lasers; 121.6+, for laser monitoring.
372,	Coherent Light Generators, subclasses 9+ for particular beam control devices.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 12]

Condition responsive:

This subclass is indented under subclass 11. Subject matter wherein a sensed condition of the output power or treatment area is used to control the output power of the light or analogous rays.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.6+ for condition responsive laser control systems.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 13]

Applicators:

This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Subject matter including particular applicator structure or light application means in combination with such structure.

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10,	for methods and systems including the light applicator without any particular applicator structure.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 14]

Placed in body:

This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Subject matter wherein the applicator is devised for placement within the body.

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170,	for cutting devices used in microsurgery.

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600,	Surgery, subclasses 101+ for endoscopes, per se.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 15]

With optical fiber:

This subclass is indented under subclass 14. Subject matter wherein the applicator includes flexible, optically transparent fiber material for directing a light or analogous rays along a restricted path.

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17,	for other light applicators utilizing optical fibers.

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385,	Optical Waveguides, appropriate subclasses for particular structural features relating to optical fibers.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 88+ for other light applicators utilizing optical fibers.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 16]

With optical fiber:

This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Methods and apparatus wherein the applicator includes flexible, optically transparent fiber material for directing a light or analogous rays along a restricted path.

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15,	for other light applicators utilizing optical fibers.

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385,	Optical Waveguides, appropriate subclasses for particular structural features relating to optical fibers.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclass 92 for other light applicators utilizing optical fibers.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 17]

With beam shaping or redirecting (e.g., lens):

This subclass is indented under subclass 13. Subject matter including devices for shaping, such as focusing, or altering the path of the light or analogous rays.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.12+ , for particular beam shaping devices.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 18]

Mirror:

This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Subject matter including a surface which will reflect light or analogous rays.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 121.12+ for beam shaping with a mirror.
359,	Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements, subclasses 838+ for particular mirror structure and means for supporting and moving mirrors.

19	Articulated arm:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 18. Subject matter including a plurality of light transmitting conduits, rotatably connected, having reflective surfaces at the intersection of the conduits.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 20]

Cryogenic application:

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the instrument has combined therewith means for cooling contacted body tissue to extremely low temperatures.

(1) Note. Cryogenics is the study, production, and utilization of extremely low temperatures. To precisely define the cryogenic range is difficult since the literature ambiguously defines the upper limit to be from 220 degrees to 400 R (-240 to -60 F). For the purposes of this class, the cryogenic temperature range will be construed to vary between absolute zero and about 400 R.

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62,	Refrigeration, appropriate subclasses, for cooling means, particularly subclass 293 for hand manipulable tools.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 96+ for noncryogenic instruments for cooling the body which are limited to therapeutic use.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 21]

Internal application:

This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Subject matter designed for application within the natural orifices of the body.

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607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclass 113 for noncryogenic internal cooling applicators.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 22]

With coolant supply:

This subclass is indented under subclass 20. Subject matter including means for providing a cooling fluid to the tissue contacting means.

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607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 104+ for other noncryogenic instruments having means for supplying a cooling fluid.

23	Tip or other cooling concentration means:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 22. Methods and apparatus wherein a projecting extremity or other concentrated area of the instrument is cooled.

24	With heating means (e.g., defroster):
	This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter wherein the instrument includes means for warming a previously cooled tip or other concentrated area to effect removal of the instrument from the body.

Self-contained coolant supply:

This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter , wherein the instrument has combined therewith means to provide a fluid supply to the cooling concentration means.

(1) Note. This subclass is limited to the application of energy internally to a body. Lithotripsy fragmentation by the application of energy from an external source is found in Class 601, Surgery: Kinesitherapy, subclass 4.

26	With hand manipulable coolant control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 23. Subject matter which includes manually moved input means on the instrument to regulate the supply of cooling fluid to the cooling concentration means.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 27]

Heat application:

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the instrument has means for converting energy which provides means for warming localized body tissue with a hot object or warmed material.

(1) Note. This subclass does not include instruments which cause a heating of the body by direct passage of electricity or electrical energy through the body. Such instruments are located in subclasses 32+.

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192+,

for dilators in which the dilation is produced by an inflatable member which may be inflated by a hot or cold fluid.

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30,	Cutlery, subclass 140 , for cutting instruments of general utility combined with a heater.
219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 221+ , for heating tools or instruments of general utility.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 96+ for other instruments for heating the body which are limited to therapeutic use; and subclass 113 for internal thermal applicators.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 28]

Tip or other heat concentration means:

This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein only the extremity or other localized area of the instrument is heated.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 229+ , for hand-manipulative tools or instruments with a heated tip or other heat concentration area.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 29]

Tip in electrical circuit:

This subclass is indented under subclass 28. Subject matter wherein the localized area is contained within an electrical circuit and is either fashioned from a highly resistive material or is a protruding portion of an element which is fashioned from a highly resistive material.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 233+ , for hand-manipulative tools or instruments having a heated tip in an electrical circuit.

30	Self-contained power supply:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Subject matter wherein the instrument contains its own power supply for the electrical heater.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 31]

With thermal control means:

This subclass is indented under subclass 29. Subject matter including means for regulating the temperature of the heated tip.

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219,	Electric Heating, appropriate subclasses for various temperature regulating means, particularly subclass 241 for such means combined with a heated tool or instrument.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 32]

Electrical application:

This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the instrument has means thereon for applying electricity or electrical energy from the instrument to the body.

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231,	Whips and Whip Apparatus, subclasses 2+ , for electrical shocking devices such as cattle prods.
463,	Amusement Devices: Games, subclass 47.3 for a striking type of weapon for use on a human being which includes an electric shock feature (e.g., an electric prod used by police, etc.).

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 33]

Electromagnetic wave irradiation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Subject matter wherein the instrument has means for applying electrical energy to the body in the form of a field of electromagnetic wave radiation.

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127,	for focused energy used to fragment concretions.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclasses 600+ for inductive heating, subclasses 678+ for microwave heating, and subclasses 764+ for capacitive dielectric heating.
600,	Surgery, subclasses 9+ , for magnetic field applied to the body for therapeutic purposes.
601,	Surgery: Kinesitherapy, subclasses 15+ for kinesitherapy devices utilizing electric wave energy.
607,	Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application, subclasses 154+ for similar high frequency radiation devices.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 34]

Systems:

This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Subject matter for supplying electricity to electrical applicators by means in combination with conventional applicators or by means limited to a surgical purpose.

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41,	for methods and systems including particular applicator structure.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 35]

Ground electrode monitoring:

This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter including means for monitoring the return circuit path from the body.

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32,	for ground electrodes, per se.

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128,	Surgery, subclass 908 , for other patient protection devices.
361,	Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, appropriate subclasses, for other safety and protection systems.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 36]

Depilation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter designed to remove hair from the body.

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43,	for depilatory methods and systems including particular applicator structure.
133,	for tweezers used to remove hair from the body.
134,	for hair removal involving waxes or adhesives.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 37]

Combined cutting-coagulation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter designed to effect both cutting and coagulation of localized portions of body tissue.

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45+,	and 49, for methods and systems for cutting and coagulation including particular applicator structure.
110+,	for the removal of tonsils, adenoids or polyps including cutting and hemostasis.

38	With feedback control:
	This subclass is indented under subclass 37. Subject matter including feedback circuitry to regulate the output of a cutting or coagulation system based upon a sensed condition of the circuit"s output or a sensed treatment area condition.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 39]

Cutting:

This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter designed to effect only cutting of localized portions of the body.

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37,	for other methods and systems for cutting.
45,	for methods and systems for cutting including particular applicator structure.
167+,	for cutting, punching and piercing devices.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 40]

Coagulation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter designed to effect only coagulation of localized portions of body tissue.

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37,	for other methods and systems for coagulation.
49,	for methods and systems for coagulation including particular applicator structure.
111,	for hemostasis devices used to remove tonsils, adenoids or polyps.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 41]

Applicators:

This subclass is indented under subclass 32. Subject matter including particular applicator structure or electrical application means in combination with such structure.

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34,	for methods and systems including an electrical applicator without any particular applicator structure.

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219,	Electric Heating, subclass 234 , for heating tools or instruments having the work in an electrical circuit.
604,	Surgery, subclass 512 for methods of anesthetizing a patient.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 42]

With switching or power control:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter wherein the applicator includes means for switching between cut and coagulation outputs and means for controlling the output power of the instrument.

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31,	for applicators with thermal control means.

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200,	Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers, appropriate subclasses, for switching devices.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 43]

Depilation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter designed to remove hair from the body.

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36,	for methods and systems of depilation including an electrical applicator without any particular applicator structure.
133+,	for mechanical means for removing hair from the skin.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 44]

By needle:

This subclass is indented under subclass 43. Subject matter wherein the depilation means is an elongated needle-like structure pointed at one and which is inserted into a hair follicle to remove the hair therefrom.

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222+,

for suturing needles.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 45]

Cutting:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter designed to operate by cutting localized portions of the body.

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37+,	and 39+, for cutting methods and systems including an electrical applicator without any particular applicator structure.
167+,	for surgical cutting instruments.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 46]

Endoscopic:

This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein the cutting device is enclosed in a tubular speculum designed to be inserted into a natural body orifice.

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170+,

for microsurgical cutting devices.

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600,	Surgery, subclasses 101+ for endoscopes for diagnostic purposes.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 47]

With formable electrode:

This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the electrode of the cutting device is formed into its working shape outside of the tubular speculum through which it is inserted into the body.

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108,	for means to manipulate or use a conduit which is inserted in the body.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 48]

Bipolar electrodes:

This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein the cutting device includes plural electrodes adapted to be connected to opposite poles of a power supply.

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50,	for other bipolar electrode applicators.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 49]

Coagulation:

This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter designed to coagulate tissue in localized portions of the body.

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37+,	and 40, for coagulation methods and systems including an electrical applicator without any particular applicator structure.
111,	for hemostasis involving tonsil, adenoid or polyp removal.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 50]

Bipolar electrodes:

This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Subject matter wherein the coagulation devices includes plural electrodes adapted to be connected to opposite poles of a power supply.

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48,	for other bipolar electrode applicators.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 51]

With forceps or tweezers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 50. Subject matter provided with pivoted arms or pincer-like, nonpivoted members for carrying contact elements for grasping parts of the body.

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43,	and 52, for other electrical forceps or tweezers.
210+,	for mechanical structure of forceps or tweezers.

[List of Patents for class 606 subclass 52]

With forceps or tweezers:

This subclass is indented under subclass 49. Subject matter provided with pivoted arms of pincer-like, nonpivoted members for carrying contact elements for grasping parts of the body.

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43,	and 51, electrical forceps or tweezers.
210+,	for mechanical structure of forceps or tweezers.