US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 152
.~.~.~ Fluid or electrical control means

Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use


600 /   HD   SURGERY

101  DF  ENDOSCOPE {29}
139  DF  .~ Having flexible tube structure {6}
146  DF  .~.~ With bending control means {6}
152.~.~.~ Fluid or electrical control means

DEFINITION

Classification: 600/152

Fluid or electrical control means:

(under subclass 146) Subject matter wherein the bending control mechanism is connected to a liquid, gaseous pressure or an electrically controlled power source which adjusts the rigidity of selected portions of the tube-like structure of the endoscope to selectively change the angular orientation of the endoscope within the body or body cavity.

(1) Note. Electrical driven serometers are classifiable in this subclass.