US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 507
.~.~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from vasculature


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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}
500  DF  .~.~ Method {8}
506  DF  .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced or removed through a piercing conduit (e.g., trocar) inserted into body {4}
507.~.~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from vasculature {1}
508  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> By catheter {2}


DEFINITION

Classification: 604/507

Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from vasculature:

(under subclass 506) Subject matter for a process wherein the material is injected into or removed from a blood vessel, vein, or an artery.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

4+, for patents disclosing the treatment of blood and its return to the body.

511, for patents disclosing the introduction of medication into muscles.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

210, Liquid Purification or Separation,

321.6+, for dialysis of blood.

494, Imperforate Bowl: Centrifugal Separators, 16+, for a separator of that class which includes a plurality of miniature bowls (e.g., test tubes) distributed about a rotatable carrier and readily removable therefrom; prominent in the art of that area (subclasses 16+) are blood centrifuges.