US PATENT SUBCLASS 600 / 564
.~.~ Cutting

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600 /   HD   SURGERY

300  DF  DIAGNOSTIC TESTING {38}
562  DF  .~ Sampling nonliquid body material (e.g., bone, muscle tissue, epithelial cells, etc.) {5}
564.~.~ Cutting {3}
565  DF  .~.~.~> Applying suction to sample {1}
567  DF  .~.~.~> Body pierced by tubular cutter or rod-type punch
568  DF  .~.~.~> Motorized

DEFINITION

Classification: 600/564

Cutting:

(under subclass 562) Subject matter wherein a cutting edge is forced into body structure to remove material therefrom.

(1) Note. Scrapers which are moved across a surface of the body and are not intended to cut into body tissue are not classified in this subclass.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

570, for scrapers which are moved across a surface of the body to remove material therefrom.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery,

165+, for cutting implements.

83, Cutting, 13+, for cutting methods and subclasses 861+ for apparatus.

606, Surgery,

167+, for various cutting instruments.