Manual of U.S. Patent Classification
as of June 30, 2000

Class
623
PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR

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Subclass		Title
ClassTitle		===> PROSTHESIS (I.E., ARTIFICIAL BODY MEMBERS), PARTS THEREOF, OR AIDS AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
1.1		ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (I.E., BLOOD VESSEL)
1.11		. Stent combined with surgical delivery system (e.g., surgical tools, delivery sheath, etc.)
1.12		. . Expandable stent with constraining means
1.13		. Stent in combination with graft
1.14		. . Stent penetrating natural blood vessel
1.15		. Stent structure
1.16		. . Having multiple connected bodies
1.17		. . Stent length remains constant with lateral expansion
1.18		. . Having shape memory
1.19		. . . Temperature responsive
1.2		. . Self-expanding stent
1.21		. . Formed inside natural blood vessel
1.22		. . Helically wound
1.23		. Including means for graft delivery (e.g., delivery sheath, ties, threads, etc.)
1.24		. Including valve
1.25		. . Inflatable graft
1.26		. . Heart valve
1.27		. Having plurality of parallel lumens
1.28		. Having pleats
1.29		. . Longitudinal pleats
1.3		. Having variable diameter
1.31		. . Enlarged end
1.32		. Having built-in reinforcement
1.33		. . Monofilament
1.34		. Having marker (e.g., color, radiopaque, etc.)
1.35		. Bifurcated
1.36		. With means to attach graft to natural blood vessel (e.g., hooks, etc.)
1.37		. Having angled cut (i.e., oblique cut)
1.38		. Absorbable in natural tissue
1.39		. Having pores
1.4		. . Pore gradient
1.41		. Having living cell
1.42		. Drug delivery
1.43		. . Antithrombogenic
1.44		. Having plural layers
1.45		. . Impregnation
1.46		. . Coating
1.47		. . . Collagen
1.48		. . . Protein
1.49		. Made of synthetic material
1.5		. . Knitted
1.51		. . Woven
1.52		. . . Velour surface
1.53		. . . Braided
1.54		. . Fiber
2.1		HEART VALVE
2.11		. Combined with surgical tool
2.12		. Flexible leaflet
2.13		. . Leaflet made of biological tissue
2.14		. . . Supported by resilient frame
2.15		. . . Trileaflet
2.16		. . . Bileaflet
2.17		. . Supported by frame
2.18		. . . Resilient frame
2.19		. . . Trileaflet
2.2		. Having rigid or semirigid pivoting occluder
2.21		. . Fixed cylindrical pin structured to permit only pivoting movement of occluder
2.22		. . Annular support member includes projecting means for guiding occluder's pivoting motion
2.23		. . . Strut projecting means
2.24		. . . . Strut projecting means extends through hole in occluder
2.25		. . . . Strut projecting means cooperates with depression portion of occluder to guide pivoting movement
2.26		. . . Occluder also includes guiding projecting means
2.27		. . Occluder includes projecting means defining pivoting axis
2.28		. . . Slot in annular support member
2.29		. . . . Triangular-shaped slot
2.3		. . . . Crescent-shaped slot
2.31		. . . . Slot having opposed convex guiding surfaces
2.32		. . . . Elongated oval-shaped slot
2.33		. . Having particular geometry detail
2.34		. Having rigid or semirigid translating occluder
2.35		. . Ball-valve type
2.36		. Annuloplasty device
2.37		. . Adjustable
2.38		. Annular member for supporting artificial heart valve
2.39		. . Rotationally adjustable relative to suture ring
2.4		. . Having means for fixedly securing annular support member to sewing ring
2.41		. . Sewing ring
2.42		. Specific material for heart valve
3.1		CORPOREAL ARTIFICIAL HEART, HEART ASSIST (E.G., IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP, ETC.), CONTROL REGULATOR, OR POWER SUPPLY THEREFOR, OR METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR
3.11		. Including electrical or magnetic means adjacent to flexible diaphragm or chamber to effect contraction thereto (e.g., electromagnet, shape memory material, etc.)
3.12		. Powered by muscle
3.13		. Having enclosed rotary member for directly impelling blood flow
3.14		. . Blood flow along electromagnetic section of stator member
3.15		. . Rotary member deiven by flexible shaft (e.g., cable, etc.)
3.16		. Having flexible diaphragm or chamber
3.17		. . Flexible diaphragm or chamber directly compressed by mechanical member
3.18		. . . Reciprocating mechanical member attached to rotary drive means
3.19		. . . Reciprocating mechanical member attached to reciprocating drive means
3.2		. . . Reciprocating mechanical member driven by pressurized working fluid
3.21		. . Flexible chamber or diaphragm dirrectly compressed by pressurized working fluid
3.22		. . . Reciprocating member
3.23		. . . . Reciprocating member attached to rotary drive means
3.24		. . . Rotary pump
3.25		. . . . Rotary pump reverses during pumping cycle
3.26		. Having connecting means to allow blood flow
3.27		. Including electrical power generating means
3.28		. Including condition responsive means
3.29		. Material characteristic
3.3		. Method of teaching use of artificial heart or part thereof
4.1		EYE PROSTHESIS (E.G., LENS OR CORNEAL IMPLANT, OR ARTIFICIAL EYE, ETC.)
5.11		. Corneal implant
5.12		. . Corneal ring
5.13		. . Having hole
5.14		. . Lens connected to distinct attachment means
5.15		. . Having integral protrusion means for attaching lens to cornea
5.16		. . Material characteristic of corneal implant
6.11		. Intraocular lens
6.12		. . Combined with surgical tool
6.13		. . Having fluid-filled chamber
6.14		. . Lens body having through hole for pressure equalization
6.15		. . Lens having spacers
6.16		. . Having cellular growth inhibitors
6.17		. . Having structure for blocking or reducing amount of light transmitted (e.g., glare reduction, etc.)
6.18		. . Having means on lens to reduce overall dimension of lens for insertion into small incision
6.19		. . . Segmented zones
6.2		. . . . Segments slide
6.21		. . . . Segments fold
6.22		. . Including mechanically or electrically activated means on lens to alter focal power of lens (e.g., electromagnet, material which is ablated by laser, etc.)
6.23		. . Aspheric lens
6.24		. . . Multifocal lens
6.25		. . Fresnel lens
6.26		. . Prismatic lens
6.27		. . Lens having regions with different focusing powers (i.e., multifocal)
6.28		. . . Concentric zones
6.29		. . . Radial zones
6.3		. . . Diffractive multifocal lens
6.31		. . Diffractive lens
6.32		. . Multiple lens
6.33		. . . Side by side
6.34		. . . In series along visual axis
6.35		. . . . One lens is external from natural eye cavity
6.36		. . . . One lens is natural crystalline lens
6.37		. . Focal power of lens can be continuously varied by movement of body part (e.g., head, eyes, ciliary muscles, etc.)
6.38		. . Having supporting structure for lens
6.39		. . . Supporting structure conforms to shape of capsular bag
6.4		. . . Surrounding optic
6.41		. . . . Separable from intraocular lens
6.42		. . . . Filamentary
6.43		. . . Specific supporting structure (e.g., haptic, plate, etc.)
6.44		. . . . Plate
6.45		. . . . Having means to temporarily stabilize haptic
6.46		. . . . Haptic and optic junction
6.47		. . . . Haptic includes notch
6.48		. . . . Haptic has different color from optic
6.49		. . . . Haptic has particular cross-sectional geometry
6.5		. . . . Haptic is formed from multiple layers
6.51		. . . . Having loop
6.52		. . . . Four filaments
6.53		. . . . Three filaments
6.54		. . . . Two filaments
6.55		. . . . One filament
6.56		. . Material characteristic of lens
6.57		. . . Lens includes antithrombotic substance
6.58		. . . Lens has specific glass transition temperature
6.59		. . . Lens composed of swellable material
6.6		. . . Lens includes ultraviolet absorber
6.61		. . . Lens is collagen based
6.62		. . . Lens has specific coating
6.63		. Retina
6.64		. Globe
7		BREAST PROSTHESIS
8		. Implantable
9		LARYNX, TRACHEA, TRACHEOBRONCHIAL PROSTHESIS OR COMBINATION THEREOF
10		EAR OR NOSE PROSTHESIS
11.11		IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS
13.11		. Ligament or tendon
13.12		. . For knee
13.13		. . Including tension adjusting means
13.14		. . Including ligament anchor means
13.15		. . Including an outer sheath
13.16		. . . Removable
13.17		. . Including natural tissue
13.18		. . Including bio-absorbable material
13.19		. . In braided form
13.2		. . Made from plural strands
14.11		. Vocal cord
14.12		. Meniscus
14.13		. Muscle (e.g., sphincter, etc.)
15.11		. Hair or skin
15.12		. . Skin
16.11		. Bone
17.11		. . Spine bone
17.12		. . . Having a fluid filled chamber
17.13		. . . Having a spring
17.14		. . . Having ball and socket means
17.15		. . . Having opposed bone-plates which moves relative to one another
17.16		. . . Including spinal disc spacer between adjacent spine bones
17.17		. . Jaw bone
17.18		. . Facial bone
17.19		. . Skull bone
18.11		. . Joint bone
18.12		. . . With magnet
19.11		. . . Shoulder joint bone
19.12		. . . . Ball and socket joint
19.13		. . . . Humeral and glenoid bones
19.14		. . . . Humeral bone
20.11		. . . Elbow joint bone
20.12		. . . . Constrained joint
20.13		. . . . Semi-constrained joint
20.14		. . . Knee joint bone
20.15		. . . . Modular type
20.16		. . . . Including bone augmentative means
20.17		. . . . Including in-growth tissue promoting means
20.18		. . . . Patellar bone
20.19		. . . . . And a member secured to femoral bone
20.2		. . . . . Patellar made of two connected pieces
20.21		. . . . Having member secured to femoral and tibial bones
20.22		. . . . . Ball and socket joint
20.23		. . . . . Including roller bearing
20.24		. . . . . Constrained joint
20.25		. . . . . . Including telescoping means
20.26		. . . . . . Including means to permit lateral rocking movement about a horizontal axis
20.27		. . . . . Including cam means to limit anterior and posterior movement
20.28		. . . . . Including an intermediate member
20.29		. . . . . . Movable
20.3		. . . . . Unicondylar
20.31		. . . . . Including lateral and medial condyles
20.32		. . . . Tibial bone
20.33		. . . . . Movable bearing
20.34		. . . . . Tibial stem structure
20.35		. . . . Femoral bone
20.36		. . . . . Femoral stem structure
21.11		. . . Wrist, hand (e.g., finger, etc.)
21.12		. . . . Wrist bone
21.13		. . . . . Ball and socket joint
21.14		. . . . . Lunate or scaphoid bone
21.15		. . . . Finger bone
21.16		. . . . . Ball and socket joint
21.17		. . . . . Including an intermediate bearing cup
21.18		. . . . Ankle bone
21.19		. . . . Toe bone
22.11		. . . Hip joint bone
22.12		. . . . Combined with surgical tool
22.13		. . . . Including lubricating fluid enclosure means
22.14		. . . . . Including a damping element
22.15		. . . . Including acetabular cup and femoral head
22.16		. . . . . Including roller bearing
22.17		. . . . . Including an intermediate bearing cup
22.18		. . . . . . Intermediate bearing cup movable relative to acetabular outer cup
22.19		. . . . . . Locking element between cups
22.2		. . . . . . . Retaining ring
22.21		. . . . Acetabular cup
22.22		. . . . . Oblong
22.23		. . . . . Interfitted into a prepared natural acetabulum by force fitting
22.24		. . . . . And an inner insert liner cup
22.25		. . . . . . Adjustable insert liner cup
22.26		. . . . . . One cup includes flexible wall
22.27		. . . . . . Circumferentially threaded acetabular outer cup
22.28		. . . . . . Including locking means between cups
22.29		. . . . . . . Locking ring
22.3		. . . . . Having flexible wall
22.31		. . . . . Acetabular cup outer surface is circumferentially threaded
22.32		. . . . . Acetabular cup outer surface includes integral anchoring means
22.33		. . . . . Mesh outer surface
22.34		. . . . . Cup includes closure means for closing anchoring hole means
22.35		. . . . . Cup includes cut-through hole to receive protruding anchoring means
22.36		. . . . . . Screw anchoring means
22.37		. . . . . . Pin anchoring means
22.38		. . . . . Outer surface of cup includes protruding means
22.39		. . . . . Cup secured to acetabulum by cement
22.4		. . . . Total femoral bone (i.e., including joint head and femoral stem)
22.41		. . . . . Set of plural femoral securement members
22.42		. . . . . Modular type
22.43		. . . . . Stem includes protruding means projecting into a bore in joint head
22.44		. . . . . . Bore in neck area of joint head
22.45		. . . . . . Including an intermediate coupler between joint head and protruding means
22.46		. . . . . Including protruding means projects into a bore in femoral stem or neck
23.11		. . . . Femoral joint head
23.12		. . . . . Femoral joint head cap
23.13		. . . . . . Including an inner shell
23.14		. . . . . . Including neck anchoring means
23.15		. . . . Femoral stem
23.16		. . . . . Having electrical means
23.17		. . . . . Having shock absorbing means
23.18		. . . . . Multi-stem
23.19		. . . . . Having a cement channel
23.2		. . . . . . And cement seal means
23.21		. . . . . Having a collar
23.22		. . . . . . Removable collar
23.23		. . . . . Having intramedullary
23.24		. . . . . Having a stepped surface
23.25		. . . . . Having integral spacer
23.26		. . . . . Having anchoring means to attach artificial femoral stem to natural femoral bone
23.27		. . . . . . Screw anchoring means
23.28		. . . . . Having augmentative means
23.29		. . . . . Having textured outer surface
23.3		. . . . . . Porous
23.31		. . . . . . Ridges
23.32		. . . . . Having variable stiffness
23.33		. . . . . . Hollowed stem
23.34		. . . . . Composite stem
23.35		. . . . . Having particular geometry
23.36		. . . . . Coating surface
23.37		. . . . . . Cement coating
23.38		. . . . . Polished
23.39		. . . Total joint bone (i.e., including two connected joint bones) including two connected joint bones)
23.4		. . . . Ball and socket joint
23.41		. . . . Including intermediate elastic joint component connecting two joint bones
23.42		. . . Joint head bone
23.43		. . . Cup-shaped
23.44		. . . Stem structure
23.45		. . . . Adjustable length
23.46		. . . . Including sleeve around stem member
23.47		. . Adjustable
23.48		. . Cement bone plug or bone canal positioning means
23.49		. . Including electrical means to induce bone growth
23.5		. . Having textured outer surface
23.51		. . Composite bone
23.52		. . Including an outer sheath
23.53		. . Made of metal
23.54		. . . Wire mesh
23.55		. . . Having porous outer surface
23.56		. . Ceramic
23.57		. . Including bioactive coating
23.58		. . Polymers
23.59		. . . Polymer coating
23.6		. . Bone surface coating
23.61		. . Bone composition
23.62		. . . Cement
23.63		. . . Including natural bone tissue
23.64		. Hollow or tubular part or organ (e.g., bladder, urethra, bronchi, bile duct, etc.)
23.65		. . Bladder, kidney, lung, or stomach
23.66		. . Urethra
23.67		. . Inflatable
23.68		. . Including a valve
23.69		. . Helical
23.7		. . Stent
23.71		. . Material characteristic
23.72		. Tissue
23.73		. . Having micro particles
23.74		. . Having textured surface
23.75		. Having bio-absorbable component
23.76		. Having means to promote cellular attachment
24		HAVING ELECTRICAL ACTUATOR
25		. Bioelectrical (e.g., myoelectric, etc.)
26		HAVING FLUID ACTUATOR
27		LEG
28		. Extension
29		. . Foot covering or support
30		. Torso actuated or controlled
31		. Torso attachment
32		. Suspender or attachment from natural leg
33		. Socket holder
34		. . Suction type
35		. . Yieldably mounted
36		. . Cushioning means (e.g., pad or liner, etc.)
37		. . . Fluid
38		. Adjustable shank or thigh
39		. Knee
40		. . Combined knee and foot actuator
41		. . . Latch
42		. . . Spring
43		. . Brake or latch
44		. . . Weight or position responsive
45		. . . Adjustable friction joint
46		. . Spring
47		. Ankle
48		. . Universal joint
49		. . . Resilient
50		. . Resiliently actuated or controlled
51		. . . Elastic cord
52		. . . Spring
53		. Foot
54		. . Toe
55		. . Resilient
56		. . . Fluid cushion
57		ARM OR COMPONENT (E.G., ELBOW, WRIST, HAND, FINGER, ETC.) AND ACTUATOR OR CONNECTOR THEREFOR
58		. Torso supported and actuated
59		. Elbow
60		. . With forearm actuation
61		. Wrist
62		. . With wrist actuation
63		. Arm or torso initiated finger actuation
64		. Finger actuator embodied in simulated hand
65		. With article or article holder
66.1		MISCELLANEOUS
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		CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900		STENT FOR HEART VALVE
901		METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROSTHETIC DEVICE
902		METHOD OF IMPLANTING
903		. Blood vessel
904		. Heart
905		. Eye
906		. . Corneal
907		. . Method of manipulating parts of intraocular lens structure for implantation
908		. Bone
909		METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING PROSTHETIC
910		. Heart
911		. Bone
912		METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR TESTING PROSTHETIC
913		. Heart
914		. Bone
915		METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL
916		. Blood vessel
917		. . Collagen
918		. Heart
919		. Bone
920		METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING OR TREATING PROSTHETIC
921		. Blood vessel
922		. Heart
923		. Bone
924		MATERIAL CHARACTERISTIC
925		. Natural
926		. Synthetic
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		FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
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		Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been classified have been transferred directly to FOR listed below. These collections contain only foreign patents or non-patent literature. The parenthetical references in the collection titles refer to the abolished subclasses from which these collections were derived.
FOR 100		ARTERIAL PROSTHESIS (E.G., BLOOD VESSEL, ETC.) (623/1)
FOR 101		HEART VALVE (623/2)
FOR 102		CORPOREAL ARTIFICIAL HEART, HEART ASSIST (E.G., IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP, ETC.), CONTROL REGULATOR, OR POWER SUPPLY THEREFOR, OR METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR (623/3)
FOR 103		EYE PROSTHESIS (E.G., LENS OR CORNEAL IMPLANT, OR ARTIFICIAL EYE, ETC.) (623/4)
FOR 104		. Corneal implant (623/5)
FOR 105		. Intraocular lens (623/6)
FOR 106		MISCELLANEOUS (623/66)
FOR 107		IMPLANTABLE PROSTHESIS (623/11)
FOR 108		. Hollow or tubular part or organ (e.g., bladder, urether, bronchi, bile duct, etc.) (623/12)
FOR 109		. Ligament or tendon (623/13)
FOR 110		. Muscle (e.g., sphincter, etc.) (623/14)
FOR 111		. Hair or skin (623/15)
FOR 112		. Bone prosthesis (623/16)
FOR 113		. . Spinal column (e.g., vertebra, spinal disc, etc.) (623/17)
FOR 114		. . Joint (623/18)
FOR 115		. . . Shoulder (623/19)
FOR 116		. . . Elbow or knee (623/20)
FOR 117		. . . Wrist, hand (e.g., finger, etc.), ankle or foot (e.g., toe, etc.) (623/21)
FOR 118		. . . Hip (623/22)
FOR 119		. . . . Femoral head (623/23)

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