US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 273
.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure for preventing or minimizing inconvenience casued by breakage during insertion of conduit into body


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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}
264  DF  .~.~.~ Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) {7}
272  DF  .~.~.~.~ Body piercing condit (e.g., needle, etc.) {2}
273.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure for preventing or minimizing inconvenience casued by breakage during insertion of conduit into body


DEFINITION

Classification: 604/273

Specific structure for preventing or minimizing inconvenience caused by breakage during insertion of conduit into body:

(under subclass 272) Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to the structure of the conduit, or a component associated with the conduit, prevents breakage of the conduit or reduces the inconvenience resulting from such breakage.

(1) Note. A patent is classified as an original in this subclass only if it includes as part of its claimed subject matter a recitation of structural details of a body piercing conduit, or details relating to a component associated with the conduit, which prevent breakage of the conduit or minimize inconvenience resulting from such breakage.