US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 421
.~.~.~ Including any system component contacting (internal or external) or conforming to body or body part

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600 /   HD   SURGERY

300  DF  DIAGNOSTIC TESTING {38}
407  DF  .~ Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation {11}
410  DF  .~.~ Magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy {11}
421.~.~.~ Including any system component contacting (internal or external) or conforming to body or body part {1}
422  DF  .~.~.~.~> Coil {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 600/421

Including any system component contacting (internal or external) or conforming to body or body part:

(under subclass 410) Subject matter consisting of a particular element or part of the image creating or analyzing system which is placed on, placed in, or configured to fit a portion of a patient's anatomy.

(1) Note. This subclass takes both the combination and the subcombination of, for example, a magnet, coil, and catheter.

(2) Note. Excluded from this subclass are fiducial markers.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

414, for fiducial marker for MRI.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

324, Electricity: Measuring and Testing, particularly

318+, for a magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy system component where no structure particularly adapted for contacting or conforming to a body part of a patient is claimed. 335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets, particularly

209+, for a magnet which can be used to provide an appropriate magnetic field in a magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy system.