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95.1  DF  TRUSS
96.1  DF  .~ Abdominal
97.1  DF  .~ Head
98.1  DF  .~ Perineal
99.1  DF  .~ Support
100.1  DF  .~.~ Belt wholly flexible
101.1  DF  .~.~.~ Elastic in part
102.1  DF  .~.~ Belt and frame
103.1  DF  .~.~ Frame hinged
104.1  DF  .~.~ Frame wholly metallic
105.1  DF  .~.~ Frame with auxiliary straps
106.1  DF  .~.~ Pad carrier
107.1  DF  .~.~.~ Detachable
108.1  DF  .~.~.~ Pivoted
109.1  DF  .~.~.~ Resilient
110.1  DF  .~.~.~.~ Clamped
111.1  DF  .~.~.~ Resilient
112.1  DF  .~ Pad
113.1  DF  .~.~ Composition
114.1  DF  .~.~ Medicating
115.1  DF  .~.~ Rigid
116.1  DF  .~.~ Adjustable center
117.1  DF  .~.~ Resilient
118.1  DF  .~.~.~ Inflated
119.1  DF  .~.~.~ Spring
120.1  DF  .~.~.~ Stuffed
121.1  DF  .~.~ Connections
122.1  DF  .~.~.~ Ball and socket
123.1  DF  .~.~.~ Hinged
124.1  DF  .~.~.~ Clamped
125.1  DF  .~.~.~ Resilient
126.1  DF  .~.~.~.~ Spring only
830  DF  FEMALE REPRODUCTORY TRACT SHIELDS, SUPPORTS, OR BIRTH CONTROL DEVICES (E.G., PESSARIES, CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES)
831  DF  .~ Fallopian occluders
832  DF  .~ With contraceptive, spermacidal, or antifertility agent
833  DF  .~.~ Intrauterine
834  DF  .~ Pessaries
835  DF  .~.~ External supporters
836  DF  .~.~ Inflatable
837  DF  .~.~ Diaphragm
838  DF  .~.~.~ Inserters and removers
839  DF  .~.~ Intrauterine
840  DF  .~.~.~ Inserters and removers
841  DF  .~.~.~ With cervical cap
842  DF  MALE REPRODUCTORY TRACT SHIELDS OR BIRTH CONTROL DEVICES (E.G., PROPHYLACTICS, VAS DEFERENS VALVES, ETC.)
843  DF  .~ Vas occluders (implants, etc.)
844  DF  .~ Condoms
845  DF  BODY RESTS, SUPPORTS OR POSITIONERS FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE (E.G., SEXUAL, POSTURAL, HEAD, ETC.)
846  DF  BODY PROTECTING OR RESTRAINING DEVICES FOR PATIENTS OR INFANTS (E.G., SHIELDS, IMMOBILIZERS)
847  DF  .~ With fluid supply
848  DF  .~ Antisnoring device
849  DF  .~ Drapes
850  DF  .~.~ Incision or cavity inserted
851  DF  .~.~ With handle or applicator means
852  DF  .~.~ With surgical implement retaining means
853  DF  .~.~ Fenestrated
854  DF  .~.~.~ With cover (flap)
855  DF  .~.~ Folded or stacked
856  DF  .~.~ Tubular
857  DF  .~ Head or face protector (e.g., lips, ears, etc.)
858  DF  .~.~ Eye or nose protectors
859  DF  .~.~ Oral cavity protectors
860  DF  .~.~.~ Tongue
861  DF  .~.~.~ Teeth protectors (e.g., mouthpieces)
862  DF  .~.~.~.~ Thermoplastic or thermosetting type
863  DF  .~.~ Breath or contaminated air deflectors
864  DF  .~.~ Aural protectors (e.g., ear)
865  DF  .~.~.~ Inflatable or expandable
866  DF  .~.~.~ External ear or head mounting means
867  DF  .~.~.~ With noise or pressure attenuating means (e.g., dampening, filtering, etc.)
868  DF  .~.~.~.~ Valve means (e.g., diaphragm)
869  DF  .~ Restrainers and immobilizers (e.g., strait jackets, etc.)
870  DF  .~.~ Body type (e.g., backboards)
871  DF  .~.~.~ Antisupination
872  DF  .~.~.~ Crib blankets, sheets, and covers
873  DF  .~.~.~ Garment type (e.g., sleeping bags)
874  DF  .~.~.~.~ Vest or shirt type for upper torso
875  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Harness
876  DF  .~.~.~ Belt or strap
877  DF  .~.~ Intravenous limb restrainers/supports (e.g., armboards, etc.)
878  DF  .~.~ Arm or hand
879  DF  .~.~.~ Hand
880  DF  .~.~.~.~ Thumb/finger (e.g., anti-thumb sucking, etc.)
881  DF  .~.~.~ Elbow
882  DF  .~.~ Leg or foot
883  DF  .~.~ Sexual restraints
884  DF  .~.~.~ Intravaginal (e.g., antirape devices)
885  DF  .~.~ Incontinent type
886  DF  .~.~.~ With detector or alarm
887  DF  .~ Nonabsorbent body opening occluders, seals, or supporters (e.g., surgical or natural orifice occluders)
888  DF  .~ Wound shields (e.g., vaccination)
889  DF  .~ Chafing shields (e.g., decubitus pads, etc.)
890  DF  .~.~ Nipple
891  DF  .~.~ Crotch or thigh
892  DF  .~.~ Joint or limb (e.g., foot, elbow, heel, knee, etc.)
893  DF  .~.~.~ Foot/toe (e.g., corn, bunion, etc.)
894  DF  .~.~.~.~ Padded or cushioned
200.11  DF  MEANS FOR PASSING RESPIRATORY GAS THROUGH BODY OF LIQUID BEFORE INHALATION
200.12  DF  .~ Pocket type
200.13  DF  .~ Plural orifice means passing gas into liquid
200.14  DF  LIQUID MEDICAMENT ATOMIZER OR SPRAYER
200.15  DF  .~ With tongue depressor
200.16  DF  .~ Ultrasonic
200.17  DF  .~ Rotating
200.18  DF  .~ Spray impinged against baffle in or adjacent flow conduit
200.19  DF  .~ Means for selectively dispensing different fluids
200.21  DF  .~ Gas stream aspirating medicament from reservoir
200.22  DF  .~.~ Gas flow induced by expansion chamber device (e.g., piston/cylinder ram, squeeze bulb, etc.)
200.23  DF  .~ Pre-pressurized container holding medicament
200.24  DF  RESPIRATORY METHOD OR DEVICE
200.25  DF  .~ Artificial gill, or means for separating entrained air from liquid stream
200.26  DF  .~ Means placed in body opening to facilitate insertion of breathing tube
200.27  DF  .~ Gas stream directed away from face mask to penetrate contaminated atmosphere
200.28  DF  .~ Body or head supported means, other than face mask or hood, with gas stream to screen face or penetrate contaminated atmosphere
200.29  DF  .~ Underwater exhalation dispersing means
201.11  DF  .~ Draw-type snorkel
201.12  DF  .~ Corrective or magnifying lens combined with face mask having eyepiece or transparent viewing portion
201.13  DF  .~ Inhaled gas heated or humidified by exhaled gas
201.14  DF  .~ Viewing strip slidable relative to mask
201.15  DF  .~ Means for keeping viewing member (e.g., eyeglass, transparent face shield, etc.) clear
201.16  DF  .~.~ Wiper
201.17  DF  .~.~ Mask with porous lower filtering portion and impervious upper portion shielding user's eyeglasses from exhaled breath
201.18  DF  .~ Means for preventing nasal inhalation
201.19  DF  .~ Means for transmitting, or facilitating, voice communication from face mask, hood, or helmet
201.21  DF  .~ Using liquified oxygen
201.22  DF  .~ Including body or head supported means covering user's scalp
201.23  DF  .~.~ And nose and mouth also covered
201.24  DF  .~.~.~ Face mask, visor, or like face-covering means hinged to scalp covering means
201.25  DF  .~.~.~ Means for removing substance from respiratory gas
201.26  DF  .~.~.~ Including means inserted in mouth
201.27  DF  .~.~.~ Diving or swimming apparatus
201.28  DF  .~.~.~ Having valve, or valve control, structure
201.29  DF  .~.~.~ Garment associated with head cover
202.11  DF  .~.~.~.~ Flight suit
202.12  DF  .~ Hypobaric body chamber
202.13  DF  .~ Combined with or convertible to a nonrespiratory device, or having nonrespiratory function other than hyperbaric treatment
202.14  DF  .~.~ Having buoyancy chamber
202.15  DF  .~.~ Having means for facilitating ingestion of food or drink
202.16  DF  .~.~ Means effecting nonrespiratory medical treatment
202.17  DF  .~.~.~ Device usable either as inhaler or means for rubbing medicament on body surface
202.18  DF  .~.~ Pillow or other support exclusively for head
202.19  DF  .~.~ Garment
202.21  DF  .~ Smoking device simulator
202.22  DF  .~ Means for indicating improper condition of apparatus
202.23  DF  .~ Means for preventing electric shock or arcing
202.24  DF  .~ Means for protecting user from pressure wave or flame resulting from gas ignition
202.25  DF  .~ Ozone or ion generation
202.26  DF  .~ Gas produced by electrolysis or chemical reaction
202.27  DF  .~ Means for quickly connecting or disconnecting apparatus components
202.28  DF  .~ Means using rescuer's breath for supplying respiratory gas to another person
202.29  DF  .~.~ Movable wall separating breath of rescuer and victim
203.11  DF  .~.~ Valved
203.12  DF  .~ Means for mixing treating agent with respiratory gas
203.13  DF  .~.~ Means for supplying anesthetic under patient's control
203.14  DF  .~.~ Control means responsive to condition other than user's airway pressure
203.15  DF  .~.~ Particulate treating agent carried by breathed gas
203.16  DF  .~.~ Means for mixing respiratory gas with water vapor and another treating agent
203.17  DF  .~.~.~ Electrically heated means producing water vapor
203.18  DF  .~.~ Means for mixing treating agent with oral exhalation and directing mixture into nasal passage
203.19  DF  .~.~ Means for controlling gravity flow of treating agent from holder
203.21  DF  .~.~ Means broken or pierced to supply treating agent
203.22  DF  .~.~ Means for supplying, or permitting inhalation of, separate streams of treating agent/respiratory gas mixture through nasal passages
203.23  DF  .~.~ Pocket-type draw tube having discharge aperture for air/treating agent mixture at end thereof
203.24  DF  .~.~.~ With gas flow control means other than pivotal or removable closure
203.25  DF  .~.~ Means for varying treating agent/respiratory gas ratio
203.26  DF  .~.~ Means for heating treating agent, respiratory gas, or mixture thereof
203.27  DF  .~.~.~ Electric
203.28  DF  .~.~ Including expandable bag, bellows, or squeeze bulb
203.29  DF  .~.~ Including face mask covering nose and mouth
204.11  DF  .~.~ Treating agent holder solely supported by head
204.12  DF  .~.~.~ Holder solely supported by nose
204.13  DF  .~.~ Treating agent evaporated from extended surface absorbent (e.g., sponge, fibrous wick, screen, etc.)
204.14  DF  .~.~ Respiratory gas passed over surface of liquid treating agent in reservoir
204.15  DF  .~ Means for cooling respiratory gas or respiration device
204.16  DF  .~.~ Substance removed from respiratory gas by cooling
204.17  DF  .~ Means for heating respiratory gas or respiration device
204.18  DF  .~ Means for supplying respiratory gas under positive pressure
204.19  DF  .~.~ Permanent magnet included in gas flow control means
204.21  DF  .~.~ Electric control means
204.22  DF  .~.~.~ Means for sensing partial pressure, or amount, of component in gas mixture
204.23  DF  .~.~.~ Means for sensing condition of user's body
204.24  DF  .~.~ Fluidic control device utilizing Coanda effect or jet impingement to alter fluid flow
204.25  DF  .~.~ Gas stream passed through jet nozzle or venturi passage
204.26  DF  .~.~ Gas supply means responsive to breathing
204.27  DF  .~.~.~ Snap action toggle included in control mechanism
204.28  DF  .~.~.~ Bag or bellows included in control mechanism
204.29  DF  .~.~ Control means responsive to variation in ambient pressure
205.11  DF  .~.~ Means for varying air/oxygen ratio
205.12  DF  .~.~ Means for removing substance from respiratory gas
205.13  DF  .~.~ Respiratory gas supplied from expandable bag, bellows, or squeeze bulb
205.14  DF  .~.~.~ Means for adjusting gas volume delivered to user from bag, bellows, or bulb during inflation-deflation cycle
205.15  DF  .~.~.~ Held in pressurizable housing
205.16  DF  .~.~.~ Biased to contracted or expanded position by mechanical means (e.g., weight, spring, etc.)
205.17  DF  .~.~.~ Rebreathing bag or bellows
205.18  DF  .~.~ Gas supplied by piston pump
205.19  DF  .~.~ Suction means for assisting exhalation
205.21  DF  .~.~ Means broken or pierced to supply gas
205.22  DF  .~.~ Gas container supported on body
205.23  DF  .~.~ Indicator structure
205.24  DF  .~.~ Valve, or valve control, structure
205.25  DF  .~.~ Face mask covering a breathing passage
205.26  DF  .~.~ Atmosphere enclosure (e.g., oxygen tent, hyperbaric chamber for pressurizing whole body, etc.)
205.27  DF  .~ Means for removing substance from respiratory gas
205.28  DF  .~.~ Carbon dioxide
205.29  DF  .~.~ Particulate filtering
206.11  DF  .~.~.~ Including means inserted in nasal passage
206.12  DF  .~.~.~ Face mask covering a breathing passage
206.13  DF  .~.~.~.~ Mask attached to ear
206.14  DF  .~.~.~.~ Mask adhesively attached to face
206.15  DF  .~.~.~.~ With gas flow control valve
206.16  DF  .~.~.~.~ With frame, shaping means, reinforcement, or filter formed of wire
206.17  DF  .~.~.~.~ With separate filter encircling element, or housing, securing filter on mask
206.18  DF  .~.~.~.~ Covering nose only
206.19  DF  .~.~.~.~ Body of mask, other than viewing means, formed of porous filter material (e.g., surgical mask formed entirely of cloth, etc.)
206.21  DF  .~ Face mask covering a breathing passage
206.22  DF  .~.~ Means for handling liquid (e.g., saliva, breath condensation, etc.) accumulated in mask
206.23  DF  .~.~ Mask/eyepiece sealing structure
206.24  DF  .~.~ Mask/face sealing structure
206.25  DF  .~.~.~ Adhesive
206.26  DF  .~.~.~ Closed air-filled passage adjacent mask edge (e.g., tubular bead, etc.)
206.27  DF  .~.~ Means holding mask readily accessible for use
206.28  DF  .~.~ Covering nose and mouth
206.29  DF  .~.~.~ Including means inserted in mouth
207.11  DF  .~.~.~ Structure of means securing mask to head
207.12  DF  .~.~.~ Valve for controlling gas flow
207.13  DF  .~.~ Covering nose only
207.14  DF  .~ Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy incision
207.15  DF  .~.~ Breathing passage occluder
207.16  DF  .~.~ Valve for controlling gas flow
207.17  DF  .~.~ Holding strap extending circumferentially of head or neck
207.18  DF  .~ Respiratory gas supply means enters nasal passage
207.29  DF  DEVICE FOR CREATING A TRACHEOTOMY INCISION
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*Class 604, Surgery...........*
*is considered an integral...*
*part of Class 128, Surgery..*
*and follows the schedule....*
*hierarchy of Class 128. ....*
*In addition, Class 604......*
*retains all definitions and.*
*class lines established in..*
*and for Class 128. .........*
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*Class 606 is an integral....*
*part of Class 128, Surgery..*
*This Class...................*
*provides for the application*
*of light, cryogenics, and...*
*electrical applicators to...*
*the body, orthopedic........*
*instrumentation including...*
*internal and external.......*
*fixators, orthopedic cutting*
*devices and surgical........*
*instrumentation. ...........*
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*Class 607, Surgery: Light,...*
*Thermal, and Electrical......*
*Application hierarchy and....*
*definition relationships.....*
*between Classes 128 and 607..*
*are retained.................*
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897  DF  .~ MISCELLANEOUS
898  DF  .~.~ Methods
899  DF  .~.~ Devices placed entirely within body and means used therewith (e.g., magnetic implant locator)
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900  DF  BLOOD PRESSURE RECORDER
901  DF  SUPPRESSION OF NOISE IN ELECTRIC SIGNAL
902  DF  BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL AMPLIFIER
903  DF  RADIO TELEMETRY
904  DF  TELEPHONE TELEMETRY
905  DF  FEEDBACK TO PATIENT OF BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL OTHER THAN BRAIN ELECTRIC SIGNAL
906  DF  MULTIPHASIC DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC
907  DF  ACUPUNCTURE
908  DF  PATIENT PROTECTION FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK
909  DF  BREATHING APPARATUS WITH MEANS FOR PREVENTING PATIENT CROSS-CONTAMINATION
910  DF  ANESTHESIA GAS SCAVENGING SYSTEM
911  DF  UNILIMB INHALATION-EXHALATION BREATHING TUBES
912  DF  CONNECTIONS AND CLOSURES FOR TUBES DELIVERING FLUIDS TO OR FROM THE BODY
913  DF  BREATHABLE LIQUIDS
914  DF  REBREATHING APPARATUS FOR INCREASING CARBON DIOXIDE CONTENT IN INHALED GAS
915  DF  ULTRASOUND MAMMOGRAPHY
916  DF  ULTRASOUND 3-D IMAGING
917  DF  BODY FLUID, DEVICES FOR PROTECTION THEREFROM (E.G., AIDS, HEPATITUS, ETC.)
918  DF  .~ Condoms and shields
919  DF  .~ Syringe, means to protect user
920  DF  COMPUTER ASSISTED MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS
921  DF  .~ Diet management
922  DF  .~ Including image analysis
923  DF  .~ By comparison of patient data to other data
924  DF  .~.~ Using artificial intelligence
925  DF  .~ Neural network
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DIGESTS
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DIG 1  DD  Motorized syringe
DIG 3  DD  Heart-lung
DIG 6  DD  Intravenous injection support
DIG 7  DD  Servo-systems
DIG 8  DD  Collagen
DIG 10  DD  Fluid amplifiers
DIG 12  DD  Pressure infusion
DIG 13  DD  Infusion monitoring
DIG 14  DD  Teflon
DIG 15  DD  Velcro
DIG 18  DD  Heat shrinkable film
DIG 19  DD  Clavicle splint
DIG 20  DD  Inflatable splint
DIG 21  DD  Silicone
DIG 22  DD  Blood coagulation
DIG 23  DD  Cervical collars
DIG 24  DD  Medical-surgical bags
DIG 25  DD  Artificial sphineters and devices for controlling urinary incontinences
DIG 26  DD  Cannula supporters
DIG 27  DD  Cryogenic