US Patent Class 604
SURGERY
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| DF | CLASS NOTES | |
| 890.1 | DF | CONTROLLED RELEASE THERAPEUTIC DEVICE OR SYSTEM |
| 891.1 | DF | .~ Implanted dynamic device or system |
| 892.1 | DF | .~ Osmotic or diffusion pumped device or system |
| 1 | DF | SWAB INCLUDING HANDLE (E.G., STICK, ETC.) WITH ABSORBENT MATERIAL AT END THEREOF |
| 2 | DF | .~ Body treating material fed to absorbent material |
| 3 | DF | .~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit flow of material |
| 4 | DF | BLOOD DRAWN AND REPLACED OR TREATED AND RETURNED TO BODY |
| 5 | DF | .~ Constituent removed from blood and remainder returned to body |
| 6 | DF | .~.~ Component of blood removed (i.e., pheresis) |
| 7 | DF | BLOOD TRANSFERRED BETWEEN DIFFERENT BODIES ALONG CONTINUOUS FLOW PATH (E.G., TRANSFUSION, ETC.) |
| 8 | DF | DEVICES TRANSFERRING FLUIDS FROM WITHIN ONE AREA OF BODY TO ANOTHER (E.G., SHUNTS, ETC.) |
| 9 | DF | .~ With flow control means (e.g., check valves, hydrocephalus pumps, etc.) |
| 10 | DF | .~.~ With antisiphon means |
| 11 | DF | MEANS FOR INSERTING FIBROUS OR FORAMINOUS RESIDENT PACKING, RECEPTOR, OR MEDICAMENT CARRIER INTO BODY ORIFICE |
| 12 | DF | .~ With lubricating means |
| 13 | DF | .~ With means for ejecting continuous length insert (e.g., gauze packing) |
| 14 | DF | .~ Distal portion of inserting means deformed, expanded, or ruptured to permit passage of insert therefrom |
| 15 | DF | .~ With slidable ejector (e.g., plunger or ram, etc.) inside tubular inserting means |
| 16 | DF | .~.~ Ejector moved into operating position from stored location inside or alongside inserting means |
| 17 | DF | .~.~.~ Ejector pivoted or swung into operating position |
| 18 | DF | .~.~ Tubular inserting means releasably interlocked with ejector |
| 19 | DF | MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) |
| 20 | DF | .~ Infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray or electrical energy applied to body (e.g., iontophoresis, etc.) |
| 21 | DF | .~.~ With tubular injection means inserted into body |
| 22 | DF | .~ With means for cutting, scarifying, or vibrating (e.g., ultrasonic, etc.) tissue |
| 23 | DF | .~ Gas application |
| 24 | DF | .~.~ Gas mixed with other material |
| 25 | DF | .~.~ Ozone |
| 26 | DF | .~.~ Gas injected into body canal or cavity |
| 27 | DF | .~ Material introduced into and removed from body through passage in body inserted means |
| 28 | DF | .~.~ Method |
| 29 | DF | .~.~ Peritoneal dialysis |
| 30 | DF | .~.~ Flow control |
| 31 | DF | .~.~.~ By self-acting means or condition responsive sensor |
| 32 | DF | .~.~.~ Rotary valve |
| 33 | DF | .~.~.~ Slide or reciprocating valve |
| 34 | DF | .~.~.~ Deformable occluding tube valve |
| 35 | DF | .~.~ With aspirating or vacuum removing means |
| 36 | DF | .~.~ Means moved by person to introduce and remove material |
| 37 | DF | .~.~.~ Hand-supported squeeze bulb |
| 38 | DF | .~.~.~ Piston |
| 39 | DF | .~.~ Structure of douche nozzle having separate ingress and egress passages therein |
| 40 | DF | .~.~.~ With telescoping movement between ingress and egress passages |
| 41 | DF | .~.~.~ With body orifice occluding means |
| 42 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Axially adjustable |
| 43 | DF | .~.~ Body inserted conduit with separate ingress and egress passages |
| 44 | DF | .~.~.~ Having body piercing means |
| 45 | DF | .~.~.~ Having air or gas venting passage |
| 46 | DF | .~ Treating material introduced into body by contact with wound formed therein by solid scarifier, cutter, or the like (e.g., scratching skin with vaccine coated needle, etc.) |
| 47 | DF | .~.~ With separate applicator for material or separate holder for material placed on applicator or in wound |
| 48 | DF | .~ Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin |
| 500 | DF | .~.~ Method |
| 501 | DF | .~.~.~ Enhanced absorption of therapeutic material internally using iontophoretic treatment |
| 502 | DF | .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced by subcutaneous implant (e.g., peritoneal injectors) |
| 503 | DF | .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced or removed in response to a sensed body condition |
| 504 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By measurement of a metabolite concentration (i.e., glucose) |
| 505 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By measurement of a pressure differential |
| 506 | DF | .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced or removed through a piercing conduit (e.g., trocar) inserted into body |
| 507 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from vasculature |
| 508 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ By catheter |
| 509 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ With expanding member (i.e., balloon) |
| 510 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ With associated advancing or guiding means |
| 511 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced into or removed from musculature |
| 512 | DF | .~.~.~.~ For anesthetizing patient |
| 513 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including docking element, port or sealing means |
| 514 | DF | .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced or removed from natural body orifice |
| 515 | DF | .~.~.~.~ To or from the female reproductory tract |
| 516 | DF | .~.~.~.~ To or from the intestines through nasal or esophagal conduit |
| 517 | DF | .~.~.~.~ To or from the urogenital system |
| 518 | DF | .~.~.~ Liquid therapeutic material administered with solid or second liquid |
| 519 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Delivered via in-line cartridge |
| 520 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Requiring puncture of medicant package |
| 521 | DF | .~.~.~ Therapeutic material to facilitate ocular treatment |
| 522 | DF | .~.~.~ Introduction of biologically derived compounds (i.e., growth hormones or blood products) including cells |
| 57 | DF | .~.~ Means for placing solid treating material in body |
| 58 | DF | .~.~.~ Powder dispenser |
| 59 | DF | .~.~.~ Means for ejecting solid from holder |
| 60 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Solid ejected from body inserted conduit |
| 61 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Eject means moved by force applied to trigger associated with pistol grip |
| 62 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Solid units successively fed to conduit from supply means (e.g., magazine, etc.) |
| 63 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Eject means driven by spring |
| 64 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Solid loaded into injector through opening in side wall of plunger housing |
| 65 | DF | .~.~ Material flow varying means controlled by condition responsive sensor |
| 66 | DF | .~.~.~ Sensor responsive to body condition |
| 67 | DF | .~.~.~ Sensor controls pump, motor, or pressure driven means |
| 68 | DF | .~.~ Needleless hypodermic injector |
| 69 | DF | .~.~.~ Material expelled from injector by explosive charge |
| 70 | DF | .~.~.~ Material expelled from injector by pressurized fluid |
| 71 | DF | .~.~.~ Multidose type |
| 72 | DF | .~.~.~ Structure of material reservoir replaceably held in injector |
| 73 | DF | .~.~ Means forceably introducing or removing material from body orifice or wound |
| 74 | DF | .~.~.~ Lacteal extractors (e.g., breast pump, etc.) |
| 75 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With collapsible bulb means |
| 76 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With suction generated orally by person or user |
| 77 | DF | .~.~ Structure of means contacting portion of head (e.g., tongue, etc.) during placement of treating material in mouth or throat |
| 78 | DF | .~.~.~ Drinking cup |
| 79 | DF | .~.~.~ Means for engaging head to hold feed device in mouth |
| 80 | DF | .~.~ Gravity feed to body from plural material reservoirs |
| 81 | DF | .~.~.~ With self-acting sequential flow from reservoirs |
| 82 | DF | .~.~ Means for intermixing liquid with solid or different liquid |
| 83 | DF | .~.~.~ Treating material introduced directly into liquid stream path |
| 84 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Solid treating material |
| 85 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Liquid stream passes through reservoir containing treating material |
| 86 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Septum pierced by conduit |
| 87 | DF | .~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced or torn to permit mixing |
| 88 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Septum |
| 89 | DF | .~.~.~ Closure or barrier between compartments moved to permit mixing |
| 90 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Closure moved, expanded, or flexed by force transmitted by liquid |
| 91 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Closure moved by relative movement between closure and separate protruding member |
| 92 | DF | .~.~.~ Solid dissolved in liquid |
| 93 | DF | .~.~ Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body |
| 94 | DF | .~.~.~ Dual nozzles for insertions into paired body orifices (e.g., nasal passages, etc.) |
| 95 | DF | .~.~.~ Conduit with self-propelled or remote control means |
| 96 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means inflated in body (e.g., inflatable nozzle, dilator, balloon catheter, occluder, etc.) |
| 97 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including means forcing inflation fluid into inflatable means |
| 98 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pressurized inflation means |
| 99 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With inflation or deflation control means |
| 100 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With indicator means |
| 101 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With plural balloons on conduit |
| 102 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With aperture in conduit proximal of inflated means |
| 103 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With means bonding or mechanically securing balloon sleeve or connector member (e.g., coupling funnel, etc.) to conduit |
| 104 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means expanding body orifice or canal (e.g., dilator, retaining means, etc.) |
| 105 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Expanding bow |
| 106 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Expanding arm or finger |
| 107 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Expansion actuated by axially movable member |
| 108 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Rotatable means actuates axially movable member |
| 109 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Expansion actuated by rotatable means (e.g, threaded or cammed member, etc.) |
| 110 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for preventing reuse of device |
| 111 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for indicating device is defective , used, or tampered with |
| 112 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for desensitizing skin |
| 113 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for cooling or heating body, treating or collected material or device |
| 114 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Electric means |
| 115 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for protruding skin to facilitate piercing it |
| 116 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for locating or identifying point where body is to be pierced (e.g., apertured body fitting template, etc.) |
| 117 | DF | .~.~.~ Having structure for controlling depth of insertion of body piercer |
| 118 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for varying, regulating, indicating, or limiting injection pressure or aspirating suction |
| 119 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Means varying or regulating suction |
| 120 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With cyclic or timed regulation |
| 121 | DF | .~.~.~.~ On piston type injector or aspirator |
| 122 | DF | .~.~.~ Having means for eliminating and/or preventing injection of air into body |
| 123 | DF | .~.~.~.~ From pump injection device |
| 124 | DF | .~.~.~.~ From injection means moved by person to impel material into body |
| 125 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ From hand supported injection means |
| 126 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By hydrophilic or hydrophobic filters |
| 127 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By low level float cutoff |
| 128 | DF | .~.~.~ Having siphon means for removing material from external source or body |
| 129 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With vacuum breaking means (e.g., vent, etc.) |
| 130 | DF | .~.~.~ Having projectile injector operated upon impact with body |
| 131 | DF | .~.~.~ Treating material forced into or out of body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means (e.g., pressure infusion or aspiration, etc.) |
| 132 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled into body by contraction of expanded elastic material reservoir |
| 133 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material exhausted from body by expansion of contracted elastic receptacle or resilient means therein |
| 134 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by spring |
| 135 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Spring drives piston |
| 136 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Material conduit forced into body by spring |
| 137 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Spring triggered by skin contacting means |
| 138 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Portion of conduit stored in material supply means |
| 139 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Material supply means pierced by conduit |
| 140 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by pressurized charge of gas or vacuum |
| 141 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Material impelled by means (e.g., diaphragm, piston) moved by gas or vacuum pressure |
| 142 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Reservoir prepressurized or exhausted by squeeze bulb |
| 143 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Piston impelled by gas or vacuum pressure |
| 144 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ And impelling material conduit into body |
| 145 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pressurizing gas generated by chemical reaction |
| 146 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pressurizing gas or vacuum charge produced by mechanical actuator (e.g., air pump, etc.) associated with injector |
| 147 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Pressurizing gas or vacuum charge supplied by external storage source |
| 148 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow |
| 149 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by negative pressure created by current of fluid (e.g., air entrainment, etc.) |
| 150 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by hydraulic or water hydrant pressure |
| 151 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by pump |
| 152 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reciprocating piston type |
| 153 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Deformable resilient chamber type |
| 154 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by nonreciprocating piston driven by motor |
| 155 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With threaded drive means |
| 156 | DF | .~.~.~ Conduit forced into body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means |
| 157 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Conduit impelled by spring |
| 158 | DF | .~.~.~ Body entering conduit axially movable within body piercing conduit while former is disposed in the body |
| 159 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having mechanical means for feeding conduit through piercing conduit |
| 160 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having longitudinal groove or slot in piercing conduit to permit removal from body entering conduit |
| 161 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Piercing conduit longitudinally separable for removal from body entering conduit |
| 162 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having guard on piercing conduit for protecting body entering conduit |
| 163 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having bag or sheath enclosing body entering conduit |
| 164 | DF | .~.~.~ Body piercer, obturator rod, or stylet axially movable within body entering conduit while latter is disposed in body |
| 165 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means preventing relative movement between elements during their insertion into body |
| 166 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having groove or reduced portion on piercer, rod, or stylet for receiving distal end of conduit |
| 167 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having resealable closure means for conduit |
| 168 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having telltale for showing entry of blood into conduit |
| 169 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flow control means in conduit operable after removal of piercer, obturator, or stylet from conduit |
| 170 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having blunt tip on obturator rod or stylet |
| 171 | DF | .~.~.~ Body entering conduit axially movable within flexible protective sheath facilitating sterile insertion into body duct |
| 172 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having lubricating means |
| 173 | DF | .~.~.~ Injection or aspiration device having plural body entering conduits |
| 174 | DF | .~.~.~ Means for securing conduit to body |
| 175 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Implanted connecting means |
| 176 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Vacuum |
| 177 | DF | .~.~.~.~ And used as conduit manipulator (e.g., foldable gripper wings, etc.) |
| 178 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Axially movable clamp means |
| 179 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Belt, strap, or band securing means |
| 180 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Adhesive securing means |
| 181 | DF | .~.~.~ Means moved by person to inject or remove fluent material to or from body inserted conduit, holder, or reservoir |
| 182 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Means moved by weight of body placed thereon |
| 183 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Material expelled from reservoir having separate external feed means and discharge outlet |
| 184 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Material fed to reservoir through hollow piston |
| 185 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reservoir squeezed to expel material therefrom |
| 186 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Means for metering material flow to or from body |
| 187 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Injector or aspirator syringe supported only by person during use (e.g., hand held hypodermic syringe, douche tube with forced injection, etc.) |
| 188 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having body piercing conduit mounted on syringe for rotation about its longitudinal axis |
| 189 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having medical information (e.g., name of patient or medicament, etc.) means |
| 190 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having fluid filter |
| 191 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having plural material reservoirs |
| 192 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having cover or protector for body entering conduit |
| 193 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Used as piston actuator after removal from conduit covering or protecting position on syringe |
| 194 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Entire body entering conduit stored in cavity in piston or piston actuator inside syringe prior to use |
| 195 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Portion of body entering conduit stored in material receiving syringe reservoir |
| 196 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ And extended therefrom by piston when syringe is used |
| 197 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Common cover or protector for body entering conduit and material syringe reservoir |
| 198 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Cover or protector for body entering conduit movable axially relative to one another |
| 199 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having structure for facilitating sterilization of syringe or preventing contamination of material therein |
| 200 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow to or from body |
| 201 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum pierced by conduit to permit flow |
| 202 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum flexed toward conduit to force conduit therethrough |
| 203 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum pierced is piston head |
| 204 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum within collapsible material reservoir |
| 205 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum piercing conduit separate from body entering conduit |
| 206 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Septum piercing conduit attached to injector by turning one component relative to another (e.g., thread, bayonet type connector, etc.) |
| 207 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having means for metering material flow to or from body |
| 208 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Including means for controlling piston stroke length |
| 209 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ By rachet and pawl |
| 210 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ By detent |
| 211 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ By rotatable means (e.g., micrometer, etc.) |
| 212 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having collapsible material reservoir (e.g., squeeze bulb, etc.) |
| 213 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Having means to prevent fluid return to reservoir |
| 214 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Mechanical means (e.g., piston, clamp, etc.) moved to collapse reservoir |
| 215 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Having orifice occluding means |
| 216 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Bellows-type reservoir |
| 217 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Reservoir pressurized or exhausted by squeeze bulb |
| 218 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With piston or plunger for expelling material from body or injector reservoir |
| 219 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Diameter of piston selectively adjustable |
| 220 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Means for preventing accidental displacement of piston |
| 221 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Piston or piston actuator slidable in or against seal ring mounted on reservoir |
| 222 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Seal ring mounted on piston |
| 223 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Injector components pivoted relative to each other to move piston |
| 224 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Piston moved by screw or rack |
| 225 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Means for preventing destructive piston impact on end of material reservoir |
| 226 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Closable storage cavity included in piston or piston actuator |
| 227 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of finger grip for moving piston |
| 228 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of means coupling piston to piston actuator |
| 229 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Piston actuator contacting resilient retractable portion on piston |
| 230 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Means for reducing piston sliding friction (e.g., oil applicator, use of low friction material, etc.) |
| 231 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Material passed to or from body through aperture in piston |
| 232 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Material reservoir (e.g., cartridge, etc.) removably mounted in syringe |
| 233 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Piston actuator mounted in means (e.g., yoke, etc.) pivoted to syringe |
| 234 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Material reservoir centered or clamped in syringe by slidable component |
| 235 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Means for ejecting, or facilitating ejection of material reservoir from syringe |
| 236 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Material flow controlled by valve or movable closure (e.g., plug in orifice, etc.) |
| 237 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Diaphragm valve |
| 238 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Removable plug |
| 239 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of body entering or piercing conduit |
| 240 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure of means connecting body entering conduit to syringe |
| 241 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Conduit holder attached to another syringe component by thread means |
| 242 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Conduit holder attached to another injector component by cam |
| 243 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Conduit or holder therefor removably attached to another injector component by friction |
| 244 | DF | .~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow to body |
| 245 | DF | .~.~.~ Material flow to or from body terminated by self-acting means |
| 246 | DF | .~.~.~ Means for controlling material flow to or from body, or metering a predetermined dose or amount |
| 247 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having fluid responsive means (e.g., check valve, etc.) |
| 248 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Rotatable type valve |
| 249 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Slide or reciprocating valve |
| 250 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Conduit deforming clamp |
| 251 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Drip meter |
| 252 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having fluid filter |
| 253 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having drip sensor |
| 254 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having float controlling or indicating material flow from chamber |
| 255 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Mounted in material reservoir |
| 256 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having flow closing or opening means (e.g., plug, cap, seal, etc.) |
| 257 | DF | .~.~.~ Liquid reservoir with body inserted nozzle or feed conduit connected therewith |
| 258 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having plural feed conduits |
| 259 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With storage means (e.g., cabinet, etc.) for reservoir and material feed conduit |
| 260 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having liquid level indicator |
| 261 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for supporting body inserted nozzle tip or free end of feed conduit after use |
| 262 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Bag type |
| 263 | DF | .~.~.~ Removable cover or protector for body inserted conduit |
| 264 | DF | .~.~.~ Body inserted tubular conduit structure (e.g., needles, cannulas, nozzles, trocars, catheters, etc.) |
| 265 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With body soluble, antibactericidal or lubricating materials on conduit |
| 266 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With anticlogging means on conduit (e.g., anticlotting, decalcification, tissue occulsion, etc.) |
| 267 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Mechanical cleaning means |
| 268 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With barrier, shield, or suction relief means adjacent tissue contacting orifice |
| 269 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With anticoagulant supply means |
| 270 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having weighted tip means on conduit promoting advance thereof through alimentary tract |
| 271 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having evaginating or invaginating capability |
| 272 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Body piercing condit (e.g., needle, etc.) |
| 273 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure for preventing or minimizing inconvenience casued by breakage during insertion of conduit into body |
| 274 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Specific structure for preventing coring of body tissue |
| 275 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Nozzle insertable into body orifice |
| 276 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having external means for receiving material discharged from body orifice |
| 277 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Colostomy apparatus |
| 278 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having orifice sealing means |
| 279 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Vaginal or douche type |
| 523 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith |
| 524 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With reinforcing structure |
| 525 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Providing varying degrees of flexibility along longitudinal axis |
| 526 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Lumen enforced by embedded or coiling strands |
| 527 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Braided or woven strands surrounding lumen |
| 528 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With means to advance or steer catheter, excluding remotely controlled devices |
| 529 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Including radiopaque or electromagnetic marker |
| 530 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With shape retaining memory |
| 531 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Temperature activated |
| 532 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Shaped for cardiovascular system |
| 533 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Coupling or connector structure |
| 534 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Multiple sections |
| 535 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~ Interfitting members |
| 536 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ With expansible internal elements |
| 537 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ With incorporated simple flow control means |
| 538 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Diverse connecting means on either end |
| 539 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Providing docking element, port or seal |
| 284 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Having branched shapes (e.g., T or Y drains, etc.) |
| 285 | DF | .~.~.~ Treating material insert retained in body orifice |
| 286 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Including foraminous material (e.g., sponge, etc.) or fibrous element other than withdrawal cord |
| 287 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With soluble cover means |
| 288 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Soluble in body (e.g., suppository, etc.) |
| 289 | DF | .~ Treating material applied to or removed from external surface of body, or cutaneous layer of skin (e.g., eye treatment, removal of skin impurities, etc.) |
| 290 | DF | .~.~ Method of applying or removing material to or from body |
| 291 | DF | .~.~ Means for cooling or heating material |
| 292 | DF | .~.~ Glove for applying or removing material to or from wearer's hand |
| 293 | DF | .~.~ Specific structure for applying or removing material to or from foot or leg |
| 294 | DF | .~.~ Means for treating eye or surface of ocular cavity |
| 295 | DF | .~.~.~ Dropper, douche, or eyecup for applying liquid to eye |
| 296 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for aerating liquid |
| 297 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for scavenging liquid after contact with eye |
| 298 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for metering liquid flow to eye |
| 299 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for preventing contact of liquid with syringe bulb |
| 300 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having means for positioning liquid dispenser relative to eye |
| 301 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Eye cup |
| 302 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Guard or guide |
| 303 | DF | .~.~ Mask for applying or removing material to or from wearer's face |
| 304 | DF | .~.~ Bandage, pad, or shield placed on body for sustained treatment thereof |
| 305 | DF | .~.~.~ Treating material supplied to bandage, pad, or shield through conduit connected to remote supply |
| 306 | DF | .~.~.~ Treating material reservoir broken, cut, pierced, or torn to apply treating material to body |
| 307 | DF | .~.~.~ Adhesively attachable to body |
| 308 | DF | .~.~.~ Bandage, pad, shield, or attaching means extendable around body portion |
| 309 | DF | .~.~ Solid treating material (e.g., styptic pencil, etc.) application |
| 310 | DF | .~.~ Fluent treating material held in reservoir in hand-supported applicator |
| 311 | DF | .~.~.~ With piston or plunger for expelling material therefrom |
| 312 | DF | .~.~ Sudatory devices (e.g., removing sweat, etc.) |
| 313 | DF | .~.~ Means for removing material from surface by suction |
| 314 | DF | .~.~.~ Venom extractor |
| 315 | DF | .~.~.~ Suction generated by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven or mechanical energy storing means (e.g., spring, etc.) |
| 316 | DF | .~.~.~ Means moved by person to produce suction (e.g., squeeze bulb, piston, etc.) |
| 540 | DF | MEANS OR METHOD FOR FACILITATING REMOVAL OF NON THERAPEUTIC MATERIAL FROM BODY |
| 541 | DF | .~ Surgical drain |
| 542 | DF | .~ Liposuction |
| 543 | DF | .~ Wound or abscess |
| 544 | DF | .~ Urinary catheter |
| 317 | DF | MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) |
| 318 | DF | .~ Material collector with condition indicator |
| 319 | DF | .~ Aspiration collection container or trap (e.g., canister, etc.) |
| 320 | DF | .~.~ Having vacuum shutoff means (e.g., float valve, etc.) |
| 321 | DF | .~.~ Having liquid seal means |
| 322 | DF | .~ Material collector or receptacle having attaching means to static support independent of body |
| 323 | DF | .~.~ With flow control means (e.g., antibackflow valve, etc.) |
| 324 | DF | .~.~ With vent or overflow opening |
| 325 | DF | .~.~ With drip meter |
| 326 | DF | .~.~ Conduit or connector for material collector/receptor |
| 327 | DF | .~ Receptacle attached to or inserted within body to receive discharge therefrom |
| 328 | DF | .~.~ Receptacle or portion thereof inserted within body cavity |
| 329 | DF | .~.~.~ Receptacle structured for collecting urine from human female |
| 330 | DF | .~.~.~ Intravaginal |
| 331 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With external collector or support means |
| 332 | DF | .~.~ Receptacle engaging around permanent surgically constructed body opening (e.g., colostomy, etc.) |
| 333 | DF | .~.~.~ Having deodorant means (e.g., filter) |
| 334 | DF | .~.~.~ Having additional irrigation port or means |
| 335 | DF | .~.~.~ With flow control means (e.g., valve, etc.) |
| 336 | DF | .~.~.~ With hydrocolloid type seal (e.g., gel, starch, karaya gum, etc.) |
| 337 | DF | .~.~.~ Means for covering stoma or body opening |
| 338 | DF | .~.~.~ Mounting ring or annulus around body opening |
| 339 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Bag attached to seal ring |
| 340 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With bag anticollapse feature |
| 341 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Body engaging surface of seal ring covered by bag wall or portion thereof |
| 342 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Means attaching bag to seal ring |
| 343 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Including body support means |
| 344 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Adhesive |
| 345 | DF | .~.~.~ With body support means (e.g., belt, garment, etc.) |
| 346 | DF | .~.~ Receptacles receiving protruding body member (e.g., ears, genitalia, breast, etc.) |
| 347 | DF | .~.~.~ Genital receptacle |
| 348 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With separate fecal receiving compartment |
| 349 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Receptacle structured for collecting urine or discharge from male member (e.g., external catheter, etc.) |
| 350 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With antibackflow means |
| 351 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ With separate body securing means |
| 352 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Adherent or inflatable type |
| 353 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Body or body member encircling belt, strap, or harness |
| 354 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Catamenial receptacle |
| 355 | DF | .~.~ Receptacle externally sealing around body opening to receive natural or surgical discharge |
| 356 | DF | .~.~ Receptacle placed under or against body to collect discharge during surgical or obstetrical operations |
| 357 | DF | .~.~.~ Flexible apron type |
| 358 | DF | .~ Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) |
| 359 | DF | .~.~ Deodorant containing |
| 360 | DF | .~.~ Containing inhibitor to ammonia or bacteria formation |
| 361 | DF | .~.~ With wetness indicator or alarm |
| 362 | DF | .~.~ With radio-opaque material or signaling means for residual material |
| 363 | DF | .~.~ With lubricating means to facilitate insertion |
| 364 | DF | .~.~ Containing hydrosoluble, hydrodegradable or body heat soluble material |
| 365 | DF | .~.~ Containing fiber or material bonding substance |
| 366 | DF | .~.~.~ Thermoplastic |
| 367 | DF | .~.~ Containing particular materials, fibers, or particles |
| 368 | DF | .~.~.~ Collagen or gelling material |
| 369 | DF | .~.~.~ Foam or cellular structure material |
| 370 | DF | .~.~.~ Thermoplastic |
| 371 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Nylon |
| 372 | DF | .~.~.~ Synthetic resin |
| 373 | DF | .~.~.~ Natural or synthetic rubber |
| 374 | DF | .~.~.~ Cellulose or cellulosic materials |
| 375 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With additional chemical modifications (e.g., paper, chemical pulp, rayon, etc.) |
| 376 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Carboxy-radical containing |
| 377 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Cotton or derivative thereof |
| 378 | DF | .~.~ Containing layers having differing absorption characteristics (e.g., flow control, wicking, etc.) |
| 379 | DF | .~.~.~ Compressed layer |
| 380 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Having discontinuous areas of compression |
| 381 | DF | .~.~.~ Layer coated or treated to decrease absorbency |
| 382 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Discontinuous coating or treatment of layer |
| 383 | DF | .~.~.~ Needled or punched layer |
| 384 | DF | .~.~ Having specific fiber orientation or weave |
| 385.1 | DF | .~.~ Having specific design, shape, or structural feature |
| 385.2 | DF | .~.~.~ Elastic type edge |
| 386 | DF | .~.~ Pad having means for securing pad during use |
| 387 | DF | .~.~.~ By securing to garment or person |
| 388 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Shoulder supported garment |
| 389 | DF | .~.~.~ Adhesive tab fastener element |
| 390 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With release means associated with tab fastner |
| 391 | DF | .~.~.~ By fabric strip fastener element (e.g., VELCRO, etc.) |
| 392 | DF | .~.~.~ By strap, belt, tying, or endless band means |
| 393 | DF | .~.~ Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad |
| 394 | DF | .~.~.~ Abdominal enclosing type |
| 395 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With openable or removable crotch portion |
| 396 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With endless waist encircling band (e.g., panty type) |
| 397 | DF | .~.~.~ Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad |
| 398 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pad restrained by means transverse to width of the pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck) |
| 399 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Button or snap fastener element |
| 400 | DF | .~.~.~ Pad support or holder adjustable relative to body crotch area |
| 401 | DF | .~.~.~ With body attaching means for pad support |
| 402 | DF | .~.~.~ Pad holding or suspending device |
| 403 | DF | CONTAINER FOR BLOOD OR BODY TREATING MATERIAL, OR MEANS USED THEREWITH (E.G., NEEDLE FOR PIERCING CONTAINER CLOSURE, ETC.) |
| 404 | DF | .~ Means for indicating condition of container content |
| 405 | DF | .~ Filter for purifying or washing air entering container |
| 406 | DF | .~ Filter or series thereof for liquid entering or leaving container |
| 407 | DF | .~ Means for metering amount of content drawn from container |
| 408 | DF | .~ Bag type |
| 409 | DF | .~.~ With means for holding sample of content |
| 410 | DF | .~.~ Plural compartments or bags |
| 411 | DF | .~ Having hollow needle or spike for piercing container or container clossure |
| 412 | DF | .~.~ Conduit with hollow needle or spike at each end thereof |
| 413 | DF | .~.~ Pointed at both ends |
| 414 | DF | .~.~ Mounted on one container and used to pierce another container or closure |
| 415 | DF | .~ Container with piercable closure |
| 416 | DF | .~ Materials mixed within container |
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| 900 | DF | TELLTALE SHOWING ENTRY OF BLOOD INTO BODY INSERTED CONDUIT |
| 901 | DF | INJECTION DEVICE WITH THERMOMETER |
| 902 | DF | SUCTION WANDS |
| 903 | DF | MEDICAL CONTAINER WITH MATERIAL AGITATION MEANS |
| 904 | DF | TAMPONS |
| 905 | DF | ASEPTIC CONNECTORS OR COUPLINGS (E.G., FRANGIBLE, PIERCABLE, ETC.) |
| 906 | DF | ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION |
| 907 | DD | OCCLUDING BY INTERNAL DEVICES (E.G., DETACHABLE BALLOONS) [A61B 17/12P] |
| 908 | DD | INFLATABLE GRIPPING ELEMENTS [A61B 17/22E2] |
| 909 | DD | APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY [A61F 5/00B] |
| 910 | DD | GASTRONOMY FEEDING TUBES [A61J 15/00A] |
| 911 | DD | ENEMATA AND IRRIGATORS WITH LIQUID RESERVOIR AND A FLEXIBLE, MANUALLY OPERATED PUMPING MEANS (E.G., BY SQUEEZING A BULB) [A61M 3/02D8C] |
| 912 | DD | CANNULAS, NOZZLES, OR TIPS WITH INFLATABLE BALLOONS [A61M 3/02H8] |
| 913 | DD | DILATORS MADE OF SWELLABLE MATERIAL [A61M 29/02] |
| 914 | DD | INTRA-ARTERIAL, OR INTRA-AORTIC, BALLOON PUMPS [A61M 1/10D] |
| 915 | DD | BALLOON CATHETERS [A61M 25/10] |
| 916 | DD | .~ Characterized by balloon shape [A61M 25/10A] |
| 917 | DD | .~ Balloons formed between concentric tubes [A61M 25/10B] |
| 918 | DD | .~ Balloons anchored to a disc or plate [A61M 25/10C] |
| 919 | DD | .~ Multiple balloon catheters [A61M 25/10D] |
| 920 | DD | .~ Balloon inflating or inflation control devices [A61M 25/10E] |
| 921 | DD | .~ Connections between catheter tubes and inflation tubes [A61M 25/10F] |