(under subclass 1) Subject matter utilizing an extracorporal instrument for destroying concretions in bodies of living tissue using shock waves generated by arc discharge.
(1) Note. Only patents directed to the application of an external force are classifiable in this subclass. For instruments which actually invade the body see the search class note which follows to Class 606.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
606, Surgery,
127+, for instruments inserted into the body to remove concretions.
