US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 29-- BODY INSERTED URINARY OR COLONIC INCONTINENT DEVICE OR TREATMENT (e.g., artificial sphincters, etc.)

US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 29
BODY INSERTED URINARY OR COLONIC INCONTINENT DEVICE OR TREATMENT (e.g., artificial sphincters, etc.)

Current as of: June, 1999
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600 /	HD	SURGERY

29		BODY INSERTED URINARY OR COLONIC INCONTINENT DEVICE OR TREATMENT (e.g., artificial sphincters, etc.) {2}
30	DF	.~> Implanted {1}
32	DF	.~> Stoma closures (e.g., colostomy plugs)

DEFINITION

Classification: 600/29

BODY INSERTED URINARY OR COLONIC INCONTINENT DEVICE OR TREATMENT (E.G., ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTERS, ETC.):

(under the class definition) Subject matter including devices

entirely inserted or surgically implanted within the body for controlling the lack of urinary or bowel restraint.

(1) Note. Methods of placing these devices within the body are included herein. These devices are commonly referred to as "artificial sphincters", which are installed within the body to aid or replace the body's natural sphincter.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery,

885+, for incontinent restrainers that are external of the body.