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 Class   604SURGERY
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 This Class 604 is considered to be an integral part of Class 128 (see the Class 128 schedule for the position of this Class in schedule hierarchy). This Class retains all pertinent definitions and class lines of Class 128.
 
  890.1           CONTROLLED RELEASE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE OR SYSTEM
  891.1           . (1 indent ) Implanted dynamic device or system
  892.1           . (1 indent ) Osmotic or diffusion pumped device or system
  1           SWAB INCLUDING HANDLE (E.G., STICK, ETC.) WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL AT END THEREOF
  2           . (1 indent ) Body treating material fed to absorbent material
  3           .. (2 indent ) Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit flow of material
  4.01           BLOOD DRAWN AND REPLACED OR TREATED AND RETURNED TO BODY
  5.01           . (1 indent ) Constituent removed from blood and remainder returned to body
  5.02           .. (2 indent ) Pathogenic component removed
  5.03           .. (2 indent ) Lipidic material removed
  5.04           .. (2 indent ) Toxic material removed
  6.01           .. (2 indent ) Component of blood removed (i.e., pheresis)
  6.02           ... (3 indent ) Erythrocyte
  6.03           ... (3 indent ) Leukocyte
  6.04           ... (3 indent ) Plasma
  6.05           ... (3 indent ) Single needle
  6.06           ... (3 indent ) Arterial and venous needles
  6.07           .. (2 indent ) Anticoagulant added
  6.08           .. (2 indent ) Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray or electrical energy applied into blood
  6.09           .. (2 indent ) Filter means
  6.1           .. (2 indent ) Valve means
  6.11           .. (2 indent ) Pumping means
  6.12           ... (3 indent ) Injector or aspirator syringe supported only by person during use
  6.13           .. (2 indent ) Heating or cooling means
  6.14           .. (2 indent ) Oxygenating means
  6.15           . (1 indent ) Blood collection container
  6.16           . (1 indent ) Body inserted tubular conduit structure
  7           BLOOD TRANSFERRED BETWEEN DIFFERENT BODIES ALONG CONTINUOUS FLOW PATH (E.G., TRANSFUSION, ETC.)
  8           DEVICES TRANSFERRING FLUIDS FROM WITHIN ONE AREA OF BODY TO ANOTHER (E.G., SHUNTS, ETC.)
  9           . (1 indent ) With flow control means (e.g., check valves, hydrocephalus pumps, etc.)
  10           .. (2 indent ) With antisiphon means
  11           MEANS FOR INSERTING FIBROUS OR FORAMINOUS RESIDENT PACKING, RECEPTOR, OR MEDICAMENT CARRIER INTO BODY ORIFICE
  12           . (1 indent ) With lubricating means
  13           . (1 indent ) With means for ejecting continuous length insert (e.g., gauze packing)
  14           . (1 indent ) Distal portion of inserting means deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therefrom
  15           . (1 indent ) With slidable ejector (e.g., plunger or ram, etc.) inside tubular inserting means
  16           .. (2 indent ) Ejector moved into operating position from stored location inside or alongside inserting means
  17           ... (3 indent ) Ejector pivoted or swung into operating position
  18           .. (2 indent ) Tubular inserting means releasably interlocked with ejector
  19           MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.)
  20           . (1 indent ) Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray or electrical energy applied to body (e.g., iontophoresis, etc.)
  21           .. (2 indent ) With tubular injection means inserted into body
  22           . (1 indent ) With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating (e.g., ultrasonic, etc.) tissue
  23           . (1 indent ) Gas application
  24           .. (2 indent ) Gas mixed with other material
  25           .. (2 indent ) Ozone
  26           .. (2 indent ) Gas injected into body canal or cavity
  27           . (1 indent ) Material introduced into and removed from body through passage in body inserted means
  28           .. (2 indent ) Method
  29           .. (2 indent ) Peritoneal dialysis
  30           .. (2 indent ) Flow control
  31           ... (3 indent ) By self-acting means or condition responsive sensor
  32           ... (3 indent ) Rotary valve
  33           ... (3 indent ) Slide or reciprocating valve
  34           ... (3 indent ) Deformable occluding tube valve
  35           .. (2 indent ) With aspirating or vacuum removing means
  36           .. (2 indent ) Means moved by person to introduce and remove material
  37           ... (3 indent ) Hand-supported squeeze bulb
  38           ... (3 indent ) Piston
  39           .. (2 indent ) Structure of douche nozzle having separate ingress and egress passages therein
  40           ... (3 indent ) With telescoping movement between ingress and egress passages
  41           ... (3 indent ) With body orifice occluding means
  42           .... (4 indent ) Axially adjustable
  43           .. (2 indent ) Body inserted conduit with separate ingress and egress passages
  44           ... (3 indent ) Having body piercing means
  45           ... (3 indent ) Having air or gas venting passage
  46           . (1 indent ) Treating material introduced into body by contact with wound formed therein by solid scarifier, cutter, or the like (e.g., scratching skin with vaccine coated needle, etc.)
  47           .. (2 indent ) With separate applicator for material or separate holder for material placed on applicator or in wound
  48           . (1 indent ) Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin
  500           .. (2 indent ) Method
  501           ... (3 indent ) Enhanced absorption of therapeutic material internally using iontophoretic treatment
  502           ... (3 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced by subcutaneous implant (e.g., peritoneal injectors)
  503           ... (3 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced or removed in response to a sensed body condition
  504           .... (4 indent ) By measurement of a metabolite concentration (i.e., glucose)
  505           .... (4 indent ) By measurement of a pressure differential
  506           ... (3 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced or removed through a piercing conduit (e.g., trocar) inserted into body
  507           .... (4 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from vasculature
  508           .... (5 indent ) By catheter
  509           ..... (6 indent ) With expanding member (i.e., balloon)
  510           ..... (6 indent ) With associated advancing or guiding means
  511           .... (4 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from musculature
  512           .... (4 indent ) For anesthetizing patient
  513           .... (4 indent ) Including docking element, port or sealing means
  514           ... (3 indent ) Therapeutic material introduced or removed from natural body orifice
  515           .... (4 indent ) To or from the female reproductory tract
  516           .... (4 indent ) To or from the intestines through nasal or esophagal conduit
  517           .... (4 indent ) To or from the urogenital system
  518           ... (3 indent ) Liquid therapeutic material administered with solid or second liquid
  519           .... (4 indent ) Delivered via in-line cartridge
  520           .... (4 indent ) Requiring puncture of medicant package
  521           ... (3 indent ) Therapeutic material to facilitate ocular treatment
  522           ... (3 indent ) Introduction of biologically derived compounds (i.e., growth hormones or blood products) including cells
  57           .. (2 indent ) Means for placing solid treating material in body
  58           ... (3 indent ) Powder dispenser
  59           ... (3 indent ) Means for ejecting solid from holder
  60           .... (4 indent ) Solid ejected from body inserted conduit
  61           .... (5 indent ) Eject means moved by force applied to trigger associated with pistol grip
  62           .... (5 indent ) Solid units successively fed to conduit from supply means (e.g., magazine, etc.)
  63           .... (5 indent ) Eject means driven by spring
  64           .... (5 indent ) Solid loaded into injector through opening in side wall of plunger housing
  65           .. (2 indent ) Material flow varying means controlled by condition responsive sensor
  66           ... (3 indent ) Sensor responsive to body condition
  67           ... (3 indent ) Sensor controls pump, motor, or pressure driven means
  68           .. (2 indent ) Needleless hypodermic injector
  69           ... (3 indent ) Material expelled from injector by explosive charge
  70           ... (3 indent ) Material expelled from injector by pressurized fluid
  71           ... (3 indent ) Multidose type
  72           ... (3 indent ) Structure of material reservoir replaceably held in injector
  73           .. (2 indent ) Means forceably introducing or removing material from body orifice or wound
  74           ... (3 indent ) Lacteal extractors (e.g., breast pump, etc.)
  75           .... (4 indent ) With collapsible bulb means
  76           .... (4 indent ) With suction generated orally by person or user
  77           .. (2 indent ) Structure of means contacting portion of head (e.g., tongue, etc.) during placement of treating material in mouth or throat
  78           ... (3 indent ) Drinking cup
  79           ... (3 indent ) Means for engaging head to hold feed device in mouth
  80           .. (2 indent ) Gravity feed to body from plural material reservoirs
  81           ... (3 indent ) With self-acting sequential flow from reservoirs
  82           .. (2 indent ) Means for intermixing liquid with solid or different liquid
  83           ... (3 indent ) Treating material introduced directly into liquid stream path
  84           .... (4 indent ) Solid treating material
  85           .... (4 indent ) Liquid stream passes through reservoir containing treating material
  86           .... (4 indent ) Septum pierced by conduit
  87           ... (3 indent ) Means broken, cut, pierced or torn to permit mixing
  88           .... (4 indent ) Septum
  89           ... (3 indent ) Closure or barrier between compartments moved to permit mixing
  90           .... (4 indent ) Closure moved, expanded, or flexed by force transmitted by liquid
  91           .... (4 indent ) Closure moved by relative movement between closure and separate protruding member
  92           ... (3 indent ) Solid dissolved in liquid
  93.01           .. (2 indent ) Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body
  94.01           ... (3 indent ) Dual nozzles for insertion into paired body orifices (e.g., nasal passages, etc.)
  95.01           ... (3 indent ) Conduit with self-propelled or remote control means
  95.02           .... (4 indent ) Having port to expel fluid into body to propel conduit
  95.03           .... (4 indent ) Having flexible member (e.g., bellow, balloon, etc.) to propel conduit
  95.04           .... (4 indent ) Having tensioning means to alter conduit shape
  95.05           .... (4 indent ) Having remote control for applying light, electricity, or heat to alter conduit shape (e.g., shape memory alloy, etc.)
  96.01           ... (3 indent ) Having means inflated in body (e.g., inflatable nozzle, dilator, balloon catheter, occluder, etc.)
  97.01           .... (4 indent ) Including means forcing inflation fluid into inflatable means
  97.02           .... (5 indent ) Injector type
  97.03           ..... (6 indent ) Having indicator means
  98.01           .... (5 indent ) Pressurized inflation means
  98.02           ..... (6 indent ) Compressible bulb
  99.01           .... (4 indent ) Having inflation or deflation control means
  99.02           .... (5 indent ) Valve controlling means
  99.03           ..... (6 indent ) One-way valve
  99.04           .... (4 indent ) Having valve means (e.g., ball valve, etc.) in fluid or material delivery lumen
  100.01           .... (4 indent ) Having indicator means
  100.02           .... (5 indent ) Visual calibration
  100.03           .... (5 indent ) Displaying inflation or deflation data
  101.01           .... (4 indent ) Having plural balloons on conduit
  101.02           .... (5 indent ) Balloon within another balloon on conduit
  101.03           .... (5 indent ) Having aperture in conduit between balloons
  101.04           .... (5 indent ) Balloon on different device
  101.05           .... (5 indent ) Axially spaced balloons
  102.01           .... (4 indent ) Having aperture in conduit proximal of inflated means
  102.02           .... (5 indent ) Lumen extending from aperture proximal of inflated means to distal end
  102.03           .... (5 indent ) Lumen extending from proximal end to aperture proximal of inflated means
  103           .... (4 indent ) With means bonding or mechanically securing balloon sleeve or connector member (e.g., coupling funnel, etc.) to conduit
  103.01           .... (4 indent ) Delivering fluid or material through wall of inflated means
  103.02           .... (4 indent ) Delivering fluid or material from external surface of inflated means
  103.03           .... (4 indent ) Having means to retain conduit or inflated means in position (e.g., depth control, external seal, etc.)
  103.04           .... (4 indent ) Rapid exchange type (e.g., monorail, etc.)
  103.05           .... (4 indent ) Having sheath enclosing balloon
  103.06           .... (4 indent ) Particular wall structure of inflated means (e.g., varying wall thickness, multilayer, etc.)
  103.07           .... (5 indent ) Specific balloon shape (e.g., doughnut, pear, hour glass, etc.)
  103.08           .... (5 indent ) Particular surface characteristics (e.g., rib, groove, corrugation, etc.)
  103.09           .... (4 indent ) Having reinforcing means (e.g., reinforcing coil, etc.)
  103.1           .... (4 indent ) Having radiopaque characteristics (e.g., ring, marker, tip, etc.)
  103.11           .... (4 indent ) Of elastic inflated material
  103.12           .... (5 indent ) Having inelastic portion
  103.13           .... (4 indent ) Of inelastic inflated material
  103.14           .... (5 indent ) Foldable
  104           ... (3 indent ) Having means expanding body orifice or canal (e.g., dilator, retaining means, etc.)
  105           .... (4 indent ) Expanding bow
  106           .... (4 indent ) Expanding arm or finger
  107           .... (5 indent ) Expansion actuated by axially movable member
  108           ..... (6 indent ) Rotatable means actuates axially movable member
  109           .... (5 indent ) Expansion actuated by rotatable means (e.g, threaded or cammed member, etc.)
  110           ... (3 indent ) Having means for preventing reuse of device
  111           ... (3 indent ) Having means for indicating device is defective , used, or tampered with
  112           ... (3 indent ) Having means for desensitizing skin
  113           ... (3 indent ) Having means for cooling or heating body, treating or collected material or device
  114           .... (4 indent ) Electric means
  115           ... (3 indent ) Having means for protruding skin to facilitate piercing it
  116           ... (3 indent ) Having means for locating or identifying point where body is to be pierced (e.g., apertured body fitting template, etc.)
  117           ... (3 indent ) Having structure for controlling depth of insertion of body piercer
  118           ... (3 indent ) Having means for varying, regulating, indicating, or limiting injection pressure or aspirating suction
  119           .... (4 indent ) Means varying or regulating suction
  120           .... (5 indent ) With cyclic or timed regulation
  121           .... (4 indent ) On piston type injector or aspirator
  122           ... (3 indent ) Having means for eliminating and/or preventing injection of air into body
  123           .... (4 indent ) From pump injection device
  124           .... (4 indent ) From injection means moved by person to impel material into body
  125           .... (5 indent ) From hand supported injection means
  126           .... (4 indent ) By hydrophilic or hydrophobic filters
  127           .... (4 indent ) By low level float cutoff
  128           ... (3 indent ) Having siphon means for removing material from external source or body
  129           .... (4 indent ) With vacuum breaking means (e.g., vent, etc.)
  130           ... (3 indent ) Having projectile injector operated upon impact with body
  131           ... (3 indent ) Treating material forced into or out of body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means (e.g., pressure infusion or aspiration, etc.)
  132           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled into body by contraction of expanded elastic material reservoir
  133           .... (4 indent ) Material exhausted from body by expansion of contracted elastic receptacle or resilient means therein
  134           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by spring
  135           .... (5 indent ) Spring drives piston
  136           .... (5 indent ) Material conduit forced into body by spring
  137           ..... (6 indent ) Spring triggered by skin contacting means
  138           ..... (6 indent ) Portion of conduit stored in material supply means
  139           ..... (6 indent ) Material supply means pierced by conduit
  140           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by pressurized charge of gas or vacuum
  141           .... (5 indent ) Material impelled by means (e.g., diaphragm, piston) moved by gas or vacuum pressure
  142           ..... (6 indent ) Reservoir prepressurized or exhausted by squeeze bulb
  143           ..... (6 indent ) Piston impelled by gas or vacuum pressure
  144           ...... (7 indent ) And impelling material conduit into body
  145           .... (5 indent ) Pressurizing gas generated by chemical reaction
  146           .... (5 indent ) Pressurizing gas or vacuum charge produced by mechanical actuator (e.g., air pump, etc.) associated with injector
  147           .... (5 indent ) Pressurizing gas or vacuum charge supplied by external storage source
  148           .... (5 indent ) Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow
  149           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by negative pressure created by current of fluid (e.g., air entrainment, etc.)
  150           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by hydraulic or water hydrant pressure
  151           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by pump
  152           .... (5 indent ) Reciprocating piston type
  153           .... (5 indent ) Deformable resilient chamber type
  154           .... (4 indent ) Material impelled by nonreciprocating piston driven by motor
  155           .... (5 indent ) With threaded drive means
  156           ... (3 indent ) Conduit forced into body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means
  157           .... (4 indent ) Conduit impelled by spring
  158           ... (3 indent ) Body entering conduit axially movable within body piercing conduit while former is disposed in the body
  159           .... (4 indent ) Having mechanical means for feeding conduit through piercing conduit
  160           .... (4 indent ) Having longitudinal groove or slot in piercing conduit to permit removal from body entering conduit
  161           .... (4 indent ) Piercing conduit longitudinally separable for removal from body entering conduit
  162           .... (4 indent ) Having guard on piercing conduit for protecting body entering conduit
  163           .... (4 indent ) Having bag or sheath enclosing body entering conduit
  164.01           ... (3 indent ) Body piercer, obturator rod, or stylet axially movable within body entering conduit while latter is disposed in body
  164.02           .... (4 indent ) Having portion cooperating with body entering conduit lumen to provide flow control means
  164.03           .... (4 indent ) Having means for expanding portion of body entering conduit
  164.04           .... (4 indent ) Having means on conduit or conduit hub for securing conduit to body
  164.05           .... (4 indent ) Having means on body entering conduit to facilitate longitudinal tearing of conduit
  164.06           .... (4 indent ) Having tapered portion to provide cutting tip
  164.07           .... (4 indent ) Having friction means on hub portion for frictionally engaging with hub portion of body entering conduit
  164.08           .... (4 indent ) Having cover or protector for body entering conduit
  164.09           .... (4 indent ) Having additional body entering conduit
  164.1           .... (5 indent ) Dilator
  164.11           .... (5 indent ) Cannula
  164.12           .... (4 indent ) Having biasing means for urging body piercer, obturator, or stylet
  164.13           .... (4 indent ) Guidewire within flexible body entering conduit
  165.01           .... (4 indent ) Having means preventing relative movement between elements during their insertion into body
  165.02           .... (5 indent ) Longitudinal movement
  165.03           ..... (6 indent ) By use of wings to pinch and hold elements together to allow insertion
  165.04           .... (5 indent ) Rotational movement
  166.01           .... (4 indent ) Having groove or reduced portion on piercer, obturator rod, or stylet for receiving distal end of conduit
  167.01           .... (4 indent ) Having flow closure means for conduit
  167.02           .... (5 indent ) Resealable plug, septum or diaphragm
  167.03           .... (5 indent ) Valve means
  167.04           ..... (6 indent ) Slit valve
  167.05           ..... (6 indent ) Rotatable type valve (e.g., stopcock etc.)
  167.06           .... (5 indent ) Means in conduit to produce fluid tight seal between conduit and element only when element is located within conduit and passing through seal means
  168.01           .... (4 indent ) Having telltale for showing entry of blood into conduit
  170.01           .... (4 indent ) Having blunt tip on stiffening element or elongated rod
  170.02           .... (5 indent ) Obturator or stylet
  170.03           .... (4 indent ) Having curved portion
  171           ... (3 indent ) Body entering conduit axially movable within flexible protective sheath facilitating sterile insertion into body duct
  172           .... (4 indent ) Having lubricating means
  173           ... (3 indent ) Injection or aspiration device having plural body entering conduits
  174           ... (3 indent ) Means for securing conduit to body
  175           .... (4 indent ) Implanted connecting means
  176           .... (4 indent ) Vacuum
  177           .... (4 indent ) And used as conduit manipulator (e.g., foldable gripper wings, etc.)
  178           .... (4 indent ) Axially movable clamp means
  179           .... (4 indent ) Belt, strap, or band securing means
  180           .... (4 indent ) Adhesive securing means
  181           ... (3 indent ) Means moved by person to inject or remove fluent material to or from body inserted conduit, holder, or reservoir
  182           .... (4 indent ) Means moved by weight of body placed thereon
  183           .... (4 indent ) Material expelled from reservoir having separate external feed means and discharge outlet
  184           .... (5 indent ) Material fed to reservoir through hollow piston
  185           .... (5 indent ) Reservoir squeezed to expel material therefrom
  186           .... (5 indent ) Means for metering material flow to or from body
  187           .... (4 indent ) Injector or aspirator syringe supported only by person during use (e.g., hand held hypodermic syringe, douche tube with forced injection, etc.)
  188           .... (5 indent ) Having body piercing conduit mounted on syringe for rotation about its longitudinal axis
  189           .... (5 indent ) Having medical information (e.g., name of patient or medicament, etc.) means
  190           .... (5 indent ) Having fluid filter
  191           .... (5 indent ) Having plural material reservoirs
  192           .... (5 indent ) Having cover or protector for body entering conduit
  193           ..... (6 indent ) Used as piston actuator after removal from conduit covering or protecting position on syringe
  194           ..... (6 indent ) Entire body entering conduit stored in cavity in piston or piston actuator inside syringe prior to use
  195           ..... (6 indent ) Portion of body entering conduit stored in material receiving syringe reservoir
  196           ...... (7 indent ) And extended therefrom by piston when syringe is used
  197           ..... (6 indent ) Common cover or protector for body entering conduit and material syringe reservoir
  198           ..... (6 indent ) Cover or protector for body entering conduit movable axially relative to one another
  199           .... (5 indent ) Having structure for facilitating sterilization of syringe or preventing contamination of material therein
  200           .... (5 indent ) Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow to or from body
  201           ..... (6 indent ) Septum pierced by conduit to permit flow
  202           ...... (7 indent ) Septum flexed toward conduit to force conduit therethrough
  203           ...... (7 indent ) Septum pierced is piston head
  204           ...... (7 indent ) Septum within collapsible material reservoir
  205           ...... (7 indent ) Septum piercing conduit separate from body entering conduit
  206           ...... (7 indent ) Septum piercing conduit attached to injector by turning one component relative to another (e.g., thread, bayonet type connector, etc.)
  207           .... (5 indent ) Having means for metering material flow to or from body
  208           ..... (6 indent ) Including means for controlling piston stroke length
  209           ...... (7 indent ) By rachet and pawl
  210           ...... (7 indent ) By detent
  211           ...... (7 indent ) By rotatable means (e.g., micrometer, etc.)
  212           .... (5 indent ) Having collapsible material reservoir (e.g., squeeze bulb, etc.)
  213           ..... (6 indent ) Having means to prevent fluid return to reservoir
  214           ..... (6 indent ) Mechanical means (e.g., piston, clamp, etc.) moved to collapse reservoir
  215           ..... (6 indent ) Having orifice occluding means
  216           ..... (6 indent ) Bellows-type reservoir
  217           .... (5 indent ) Reservoir pressurized or exhausted by squeeze bulb
  218           .... (5 indent ) With piston or plunger for expelling material from body or injector reservoir
  219           ..... (6 indent ) Diameter of piston selectively adjustable
  220           ..... (6 indent ) Means for preventing accidental displacement of piston
  221           ..... (6 indent ) Piston or piston actuator slidable in or against seal ring mounted on reservoir
  222           ..... (6 indent ) Seal ring mounted on piston
  223           ..... (6 indent ) Injector components pivoted relative to each other to move piston
  224           ..... (6 indent ) Piston moved by screw or rack
  225           ..... (6 indent ) Means for preventing destructive piston impact on end of material reservoir
  226           ..... (6 indent ) Closable storage cavity included in piston or piston actuator
  227           ..... (6 indent ) Specific structure of finger grip for moving piston
  228           ..... (6 indent ) Specific structure of means coupling piston to piston actuator
  229           ..... (6 indent ) Piston actuator contacting resilient retractable portion on piston
  230           ..... (6 indent ) Means for reducing piston sliding friction (e.g., oil applicator, use of low friction material, etc.)
  231           ..... (6 indent ) Material passed to or from body through aperture in piston
  232           ..... (6 indent ) Material reservoir (e.g., cartridge, etc.) removably mounted in syringe
  233           ...... (7 indent ) Piston actuator mounted in means (e.g., yoke, etc.) pivoted to syringe
  234           ...... (7 indent ) Material reservoir centered or clamped in syringe by slidable component
  235           ...... (7 indent ) Means for ejecting, or facilitating ejection of material reservoir from syringe
  236           ..... (6 indent ) Material flow controlled by valve or movable closure (e.g., plug in orifice, etc.)
  237           ...... (7 indent ) Diaphragm valve
  238           ...... (7 indent ) Removable plug
  239           .... (5 indent ) Specific structure of body entering or piercing conduit
  240           .... (5 indent ) Specific structure of means connecting body entering conduit to syringe
  241           ..... (6 indent ) Conduit holder attached to another syringe component by thread means
  242           ..... (6 indent ) Conduit holder attached to another injector component by cam
  243           ..... (6 indent ) Conduit or holder therefor removably attached to another injector component by friction
  244           ... (3 indent ) Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow to body
  245           ... (3 indent ) Material flow to or from body terminated by self-acting means
  246           ... (3 indent ) Means for controlling material flow to or from body, or metering a predetermined dose or amount
  247           .... (4 indent ) Having fluid responsive means (e.g., check valve, etc.)
  248           .... (4 indent ) Rotatable type valve
  249           .... (4 indent ) Slide or reciprocating valve
  250           .... (4 indent ) Conduit deforming clamp
  251           .... (4 indent ) Drip meter
  252           .... (5 indent ) Having fluid filter
  253           .... (5 indent ) Having drip sensor
  254           .... (5 indent ) Having float controlling or indicating material flow from chamber
  255           .... (5 indent ) Mounted in material reservoir
  256           .... (4 indent ) Having flow closing or opening means (e.g., plug, cap, seal, etc.)
  257           ... (3 indent ) Liquid reservoir with body inserted nozzle or feed conduit connected therewith
  258           .... (4 indent ) Having plural feed conduits
  259           .... (4 indent ) With storage means (e.g., cabinet, etc.) for reservoir and material feed conduit
  260           .... (4 indent ) Having liquid level indicator
  261           .... (4 indent ) Having means for supporting body inserted nozzle tip or free end of feed conduit after use
  262           .... (4 indent ) Bag type
  263           ... (3 indent ) Removable cover or protector for body inserted conduit
  264           ... (3 indent ) Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.)
  265           .... (4 indent ) With body soluble, antibactericidal or lubricating materials on conduit
  266           .... (4 indent ) With anticlogging means on conduit (e.g., anticlotting, decalcification, tissue occulsion, etc.)
  267           .... (5 indent ) Mechanical cleaning means
  268           .... (5 indent ) With barrier, shield, or suction relief means adjacent tissue contacting orifice
  269           .... (5 indent ) With anticoagulant supply means
  270           .... (4 indent ) Having weighted tip means on conduit promoting advance thereof through alimentary tract
  271           .... (4 indent ) Having evaginating or invaginating capability
  272           .... (4 indent ) Body piercing condit (e.g., needle, etc.)
  273           .... (5 indent ) Specific structure for preventing or minimizing inconvenience casued by breakage during insertion of conduit into body
  274           .... (5 indent ) Specific structure for preventing coring of body tissue
  275           .... (4 indent ) Nozzle insertable into body orifice
  276           .... (5 indent ) Having external means for receiving material discharged from body orifice
  277           ..... (6 indent ) Colostomy apparatus
  278           .... (5 indent ) Having orifice sealing means
  279           .... (5 indent ) Vaginal or douche type
  523           .... (4 indent ) Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith
  524           .... (5 indent ) With reinforcing structure
  525           ..... (6 indent ) Providing varying degrees of flexibility along longitudinal axis
  526           ..... (6 indent ) Lumen enforced by embedded or coiling strands
  527           ...... (7 indent ) Braided or woven strands surrounding lumen
  528           .... (5 indent ) With means to advance or steer catheter, excluding remotely controlled devices
  529           ..... (6 indent ) Including radiopaque or electromagnetic marker
  530           .... (5 indent ) With shape retaining memory
  531           ..... (6 indent ) Temperature activated
  532           ..... (6 indent ) Shaped for cardiovascular system
  533           .... (5 indent ) Coupling or connector structure
  534           ..... (6 indent ) Multiple sections
  535           ...... (7 indent ) Interfitting members
  536           ....... (8 indent ) With expansible internal elements
  537           ..... (6 indent ) With incorporated simple flow control means
  538           ..... (6 indent ) Diverse connecting means on either end
  539           ..... (6 indent ) Providing docking element, port or seal
  284           .... (5 indent ) Having branched shapes (e.g., T or Y drains, etc.)
  285           ... (3 indent ) Treating material insert retained in body orifice
  286           .... (4 indent ) Including foraminous material (e.g., sponge, etc.) or fibrous element other than withdrawal cord
  287           .... (5 indent ) With soluble cover means
  288           .... (4 indent ) Soluble in body (e.g., suppository, etc.)
  288.01           ... (3 indent ) Implantable reservoir having access port implanted under skin
  288.02           .... (4 indent ) Port having resealable septum
  288.03           .... (4 indent ) Port having valve means
  288.04           ... (3 indent ) Implantable reservoir having inlet or outlet
  289           . (1 indent ) Treating material applied to or removed from external surface of body, or cutaneous layer of skin (e.g., eye treatment, removal of skin impurities, etc.)
  290           .. (2 indent ) Method of applying or removing material to or from body
  291           .. (2 indent ) Means for cooling or heating material
  292           .. (2 indent ) Glove for applying or removing material to or from wearer's hand
  293           .. (2 indent ) Specific structure for applying or removing material to or from foot or leg
  294           .. (2 indent ) Means for treating eye or surface of ocular cavity
  295           ... (3 indent ) Dropper, douche, or eyecup for applying liquid to eye
  296           .... (4 indent ) Having means for aerating liquid
  297           .... (4 indent ) Having means for scavenging liquid after contact with eye
  298           .... (4 indent ) Having means for metering liquid flow to eye
  299           .... (4 indent ) Having means for preventing contact of liquid with syringe bulb
  300           .... (4 indent ) Having means for positioning liquid dispenser relative to eye
  301           .... (5 indent ) Eye cup
  302           .... (5 indent ) Guard or guide
  303           .. (2 indent ) Mask for applying or removing material to or from wearer's face
  304           .. (2 indent ) Bandage, pad, or shield placed on body for sustained treatment thereof
  305           ... (3 indent ) Treating material supplied to bandage, pad, or shield through conduit connected to remote supply
  306           ... (3 indent ) Treating material reservoir broken, cut, pierced, or torn to apply treating material to body
  307           ... (3 indent ) Adhesively attachable to body
  308           ... (3 indent ) Bandage, pad, shield, or attaching means extendable around body portion
  309           .. (2 indent ) Solid treating material (e.g., styptic pencil, etc.) application
  310           .. (2 indent ) Fluent treating material held in reservoir in hand-supported applicator
  311           ... (3 indent ) With piston or plunger for expelling material therefrom
  312           .. (2 indent ) Sudatory devices (e.g., removing sweat, etc.)
  313           .. (2 indent ) Means for removing material from surface by suction
  314           ... (3 indent ) Venom extractor
  315           ... (3 indent ) Suction generated by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven or mechanical energy storing means (e.g., spring, etc.)
  316           ... (3 indent ) Means moved by person to produce suction (e.g., squeeze bulb, piston, etc.)
  540           MEANS OR METHOD FOR FACILITATING REMOVAL OF NON THERAPEUTIC MATERIAL FROM BODY
  541           . (1 indent ) Surgical drain
  542           . (1 indent ) Liposuction
  543           . (1 indent ) Wound or abscess
  544           . (1 indent ) Urinary catheter
  317           MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.)
  318           . (1 indent ) Material collector with condition indicator
  319           . (1 indent ) Aspiration collection container or trap (e.g., canister, etc.)
  320           .. (2 indent ) Having vacuum shutoff means (e.g., float valve, etc.)
  321           .. (2 indent ) Having liquid seal means
  322           . (1 indent ) Material collector or receptacle having attaching means to static support independent of body
  323           .. (2 indent ) With flow control means (e.g., antibackflow valve, etc.)
  324           .. (2 indent ) With vent or overflow opening
  325           .. (2 indent ) With drip meter
  326           .. (2 indent ) Conduit or connector for material collector/receptor
  327           . (1 indent ) Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive discharge therefrom
  328           .. (2 indent ) Receptacle or portion thereof inserted within body cavity
  329           ... (3 indent ) Receptacle structured for collecting urine from human female
  330           ... (3 indent ) Intravaginal
  331           .... (4 indent ) With external collector or support means
  332           .. (2 indent ) Receptacle engaging around permanent surgically constructed body opening (e.g., colostomy, etc.)
  333           ... (3 indent ) Having deodorant means (e.g., filter)
  334           ... (3 indent ) Having additional irrigation port or means
  335           ... (3 indent ) With flow control means (e.g., valve, etc.)
  336           ... (3 indent ) With hydrocolloid type seal (e.g., gel, starch, karaya gum, etc.)
  337           ... (3 indent ) Means for covering stoma or body opening
  338           ... (3 indent ) Mounting ring or annulus around body opening
  339           .... (4 indent ) Bag attached to seal ring
  340           .... (5 indent ) With bag anticollapse feature
  341           .... (5 indent ) Body engaging surface of seal ring covered by bag wall or portion thereof
  342           .... (5 indent ) Means attaching bag to seal ring
  343           .... (5 indent ) Including body support means
  344           ..... (6 indent ) Adhesive
  345           ... (3 indent ) With body support means (e.g., belt, garment, etc.)
  346           .. (2 indent ) Receptacles receiving protruding body member (e.g., ears, genitalia, breast, etc.)
  347           ... (3 indent ) Genital receptacle
  348           .... (4 indent ) With separate fecal receiving compartment
  349           .... (4 indent ) Receptacle structured for collecting urine or discharge from male member (e.g., external catheter, etc.)
  350           .... (5 indent ) With antibackflow means
  351           .... (5 indent ) With separate body securing means
  352           ..... (6 indent ) Adherent or inflatable type
  353           ..... (6 indent ) Body or body member encircling belt, strap, or harness
  354           .... (4 indent ) Catamenial receptacle
  355           .. (2 indent ) Receptacle externally sealing around body opening to receive natural or surgical discharge
  356           .. (2 indent ) Receptacle placed under or against body to collect discharge during surgical or obstetrical operations
  357           ... (3 indent ) Flexible apron type
  358           . (1 indent ) Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.)
  359           .. (2 indent ) Deodorant containing
  360           .. (2 indent ) Containing inhibitor to ammonia or bacteria formation
  361           .. (2 indent ) With wetness indicator or alarm
  362           .. (2 indent ) With radio-opaque material or signaling means for residual material
  363           .. (2 indent ) With lubricating means to facilitate insertion
  364           .. (2 indent ) Containing hydrosoluble, hydrodegradable or body heat soluble material
  365           .. (2 indent ) Containing fiber or material bonding substance
  366           ... (3 indent ) Thermoplastic
  367           .. (2 indent ) Containing particular materials, fibers, or particles
  368           ... (3 indent ) Collagen or gelling material
  369           ... (3 indent ) Foam or cellular structure material
  370           ... (3 indent ) Thermoplastic
  371           .... (4 indent ) Nylon
  372           ... (3 indent ) Synthetic resin
  373           ... (3 indent ) Natural or synthetic rubber
  374           ... (3 indent ) Cellulose or cellulosic materials
  375           .... (4 indent ) With additional chemical modifications (e.g., paper, chemical pulp, rayon, etc.)
  376           .... (5 indent ) Carboxy-radical containing
  377           .... (4 indent ) Cotton or derivative thereof
  378           .. (2 indent ) Containing layers having differing absorption characteristics (e.g., flow control, wicking, etc.)
  379           ... (3 indent ) Compressed layer
  380           .... (4 indent ) Having discontinuous areas of compression
  381           ... (3 indent ) Layer coated or treated to decrease absorbency
  382           .... (4 indent ) Discontinuous coating or treatment of layer
  383           ... (3 indent ) Needled or punched layer
  384           .. (2 indent ) Having specific fiber orientation or weave
  385.01           .. (2 indent ) Having specific design, shape, or structural feature
  385.02           ... (3 indent ) Individual wrapper
  385.03           ... (3 indent ) With means for securing pad to garment or person
  385.04           .... (4 indent ) Side flap
  385.05           .... (4 indent ) Release sheet
  385.06           ... (3 indent ) With means to retain accessory (e.g., towelette or lotion, etc.)
  385.07           ... (3 indent ) For nursing brassiere
  385.08           ... (3 indent ) Impermeable topsheet
  385.09           ... (3 indent ) Opening for exposing umbilical cord, penis, or tail
  385.101           ... (3 indent ) With means to direct body fluid
  385.11           ... (3 indent ) With breakaway means
  385.12           ... (3 indent ) Inflatable component
  385.13           ... (3 indent ) Disposable means
  385.14           ... (3 indent ) Removable pad
  385.15           ... (3 indent ) Washable type
  385.16           ... (3 indent ) Extendable pad
  385.17           ... (3 indent ) Intravaginal
  385.18           .... (4 indent ) Pulling string
  385.19           ... (3 indent ) Pouch means
  385.201           ... (3 indent ) Foldable
  385.21           ... (3 indent ) Hourglass shape
  385.22           .... (4 indent ) Stretchable outer cover
  385.23           .... (4 indent ) Absorbent means interposed between pervious topsheet and impervious backsheet
  385.24           ... (3 indent ) Elastic type edge
  385.25           .... (4 indent ) Leg opening
  385.26           .... (5 indent ) Gathered portion
  385.27           ..... (6 indent ) Plural elastic elements
  385.28           .... (5 indent ) Upstanding side flap
  385.29           .... (5 indent ) And waist opening
  385.3           .... (4 indent ) Waist opening
  385.31           ... (3 indent ) Reinforcing means
  386           .. (2 indent ) Pad having means for securing pad during use
  387           ... (3 indent ) By securing to garment or person
  388           .... (4 indent ) Shoulder supported garment
  389           ... (3 indent ) Adhesive tab fastener element
  390           .... (4 indent ) With release means associated with tab fastner
  391           ... (3 indent ) By fabric strip fastener element (e.g., hook and loop type fastener)
  392           ... (3 indent ) By strap, belt, tying, or endless band means
  393           .. (2 indent ) Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad
  394           ... (3 indent ) Abdominal enclosing type
  395           .... (4 indent ) With openable or removable crotch portion
  396           .... (4 indent ) With endless waist encircling band (e.g., panty type)
  397           ... (3 indent ) Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad
  398           .... (4 indent ) Pad restrained by means transverse to width of the pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck)
  399           .... (5 indent ) Button or snap fastener element
  400           ... (3 indent ) Pad support or holder adjustable relative to body crotch area
  401           ... (3 indent ) With body attaching means for pad support
  402           ... (3 indent ) Pad holding or suspending device
  403           CONTAINER FOR BLOOD OR BODY TREATING MATERIAL, OR MEANS USED THEREWITH (E.G., NEEDLE FOR PIERCING CONTAINER CLOSURE, ETC.)
  404           . (1 indent ) Means for indicating condition of container content
  405           . (1 indent ) Filter for purifying or washing air entering container
  406           . (1 indent ) Filter or series thereof for liquid entering or leaving container
  407           . (1 indent ) Means for metering amount of content drawn from container
  408           . (1 indent ) Bag type
  409           .. (2 indent ) With means for holding sample of content
  410           .. (2 indent ) Plural compartments or bags
  411           . (1 indent ) Having hollow needle or spike for piercing container or container clossure
  412           .. (2 indent ) Conduit with hollow needle or spike at each end thereof
  413           .. (2 indent ) Pointed at both ends
  414           .. (2 indent ) Mounted on one container and used to pierce another container or closure
  415           . (1 indent ) Container with piercable closure
  416           . (1 indent ) Materials mixed within container
 
 CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
 
  900           TELLTALE SHOWING ENTRY OF BLOOD INTO BODY INSERTED CONDUIT
  901           INJECTION DEVICE WITH THERMOMETER
  902           SUCTION WANDS
  903           MEDICAL CONTAINER WITH MATERIAL AGITATION MEANS
  904           TAMPONS
  905           ASEPTIC CONNECTORS OR COUPLINGS (E.G., FRANGIBLE, PIERCABLE, ETC.)
  906           ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
  907           OCCLUDING BY INTERNAL DEVICES (E.G., DETACHABLE BALLOONS) [A61B 17/12P]
  908           INFLATABLE GRIPPING ELEMENTS [A61B 17/22E2]
  909           APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY [A61F 5/00B]
  910           GASTRONOMY FEEDING TUBES [A61J 15/00A]
  911           ENEMATA AND IRRIGATORS WITH LIQUID RESERVOIR AND A FLEXIBLE, MANUALLY OPERATED PUMPING MEANS (E.G., BY SQUEEZING A BULB) [A61M 3/02D8C]
  912           CANNULAS, NOZZLES, OR TIPS WITH INFLATABLE BALLOONS [A61M 3/02H8]
  913           DILATORS MADE OF SWELLABLE MATERIAL [A61M 29/02]
  914           INTRA-ARTERIAL, OR INTRA-AORTIC, BALLOON PUMPS [A61M 1/10D]
  915           BALLOON CATHETERS [A61M 25/10]
  916           . (1 indent ) Characterized by balloon shape [A61M 25/10A]
  917           . (1 indent ) Balloons formed between concentric tubes [A61M 25/10B]
  918           . (1 indent ) Balloons anchored to a disc or plate [A61M 25/10C]
  919           . (1 indent ) Multiple balloon catheters [A61M 25/10D]
  920           . (1 indent ) Balloon inflating or inflation control devices [A61M 25/10E]
  921           . (1 indent ) Connections between catheter tubes and inflation tubes [A61M 25/10F]
 
 FOREIGN ART COLLECTIONS
 
  FOR000           CLASS-RELATED FOREIGN DOCUMENTS
 Any foreign patents or non-patent literature from subclasses that have been reclassified have been transferred directly to FOR Collections 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.
 
  FOR100           BLOOD DRAWN AND REPLACED OR TREATED AND RETURNED TO BODY (604/4)
  FOR101           . (1 indent ) Constituent removed from blood and remainder returned to body (604/5)
  FOR102           .. (2 indent ) Component of blood removed (i.e., pheresis) (604/6)
             MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) (604/317)
             . (1 indent ) Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) (604/358)
  FOR103           .. (2 indent ) Having specific design, shape , or structural feature (604/385.1)
  FOR104           ... (3 indent ) Elastic type edge (604/385.2)


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