US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 201
.~ Retractor

Current as of: June, 1999
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184  DF  SPECULA {2}
201.~ Retractor {12}
202  DF  .~.~> With sensor or measuring means
203  DF  .~.~> With protective sheath
204  DF  .~.~> Laproscopic
205  DF  .~.~> With auxiliary channel (e.g., fluid transversing)
206  DF  .~.~> Having flexible, malleable or shape memory material {3}
210  DF  .~.~> With special blade or retracting surface structure {6}
218  DF  .~.~> With compressing jaws
219  DF  .~.~> With cooperating retracting members {3}
226  DF  .~.~> With special handle
227  DF  .~.~> With holder {3}
235  DF  .~.~> Specific use retractor {2}
245  DF  .~.~> Having illuminating means {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 600/201

Retractor:

(under subclass 184) Subject matter having one or more surfaces for holding tissues or organs out of the field of view of the observer during the diagnosis and/or treatment of interior bodily orifices that are either surgically formed in, or occur naturally within, the body.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

604, Surgery, subclass 514 for methods of introducing a therapeutic material into or removing it from a body orifice.