.~ Means placed in body opening to facilitate insertion of breathing tube
DEFINITION
Classification: 128/200.26
Means placed in body opening to facilitate insertion of breathing tube:
(under subclass 200.24) Subject matter including means placed in a natural or previously formed opening in the body to facilitate the insertion of a breathing tube therein.
(1) Note. Classifiable here are respiration devices including an outer tube which may be inserted prior to insertion of a coaxial inner tube, e.g., devices including coaxial tubes where the inner tube may be removed (as for cleaning, etc.), since the outer tube is inherently a means to facilitate insertion of a breathing tube even if not so disclosed. Also classifiable here are devices insertable into a breathing tube to facilitate insertion of the latter within the body.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
207.14+, for respiratory gas supply means entering the mouth or a tracheotomy incision.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
604, Surgery,
264+, for nozzles, trocars, and catheters inserted into the body for therapeutic purposes.
