US PATENT SUBCLASS 427 / 2.12
.~.~ For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe)

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427 /   HD   COATING PROCESSES

2.1  DF  MEDICAL OR DENTAL PURPOSE PRODUCT; PARTS; SUBCOMBINATIONS; INTERMEDIATES (E.G., BALLOON CATHETER, SPLINT) {7}
2.11  DF  .~ Analysis, diagnosis, measuring, or testing product (e.g., specimen preparation, microscope slide smearing) {2}
2.12.~.~ For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe)

DEFINITION

Classification: 427/2.12

For contacting living body or transfusing bodily fluid (e.g., endoscope, electrode, thermometer, probe):

(under subclass 2.11) Processes in which the product is intended to contact the living body or to contact a transfusing bodily fluid, such as spinal fluid or blood, in order to accomplish its function; parts, subcombinations, or intermediates thereof or therefor.

(1) Note. Transfusing bodily fluid is that which is being handled, processed, and/or maintained with the intent to return it to a living body.

(2) Note. The living body includes the bodily fluids while they are in the living body, such as blood, bile, or urine in the bladder.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery, for apparatus used in the inspection and treatment of diseases, wounds, and other abnormal conditions of the bodies of animals and methods and means for manufacturing surgical appliances not classified elsewhere.