US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 239
.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of body entering or piercing conduit


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604 /   HD   SURGERY

19  DF  MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) {7}
48  DF  .~ Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin {9}
93  DF  .~.~ Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body {30}
181  DF  .~.~.~ Means moved by person to inject or remove fluent material to or from body inserted conduit, holder, or reservoir {3}
187  DF  .~.~.~.~ Injector or aspirator syringe supported only by person during use (e.g., hand held hypodermic syringe, douche tube with forced injection, etc.) {13}
239.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of body entering or piercing conduit


DEFINITION

Classification: 604/239

Specific structure of body entering or piercing conduit:

(under subclass 187) Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to structure of a material conduit which is capable of piercing the body to introduce or remove material.

(1) Note. A patent is classified as an original in this subclass only if it includes a recitation of structural details of a body piercing conduit as part of the claimed subject matter, e.g., the shape of the point of a hollow needle.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

264+, for body entering conduit structures, per se.