US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 148
.~.~.~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow

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604 /   HD   SURGERY

19  DF  MEANS FOR INTRODUCING OR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM BODY FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES (E.G., MEDICATING, IRRIGATING, ASPIRATING, ETC.) {7}
48  DF  .~ Treating material introduced into or removed from body orifice, or inserted or removed subcutaneously other than by diffusing through skin {9}
93  DF  .~.~ Material introduced or removed through conduit, holder, or implantable reservoir inserted in body {30}
131  DF  .~.~.~ Treating material forced into or out of body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means (e.g., pressure infusion or aspiration, etc.) {8}
140  DF  .~.~.~.~ Material impelled by pressurized charge of gas or vacuum {5}
148.~.~.~.~.~ Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/148

Means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit material flow:

(under subclass 140) Subject matter wherein the pressurized source is provided with frangible, rupturable, or pierceable means which upon fracturing, cutting, puncturing, or tearing thereof enables material to be impelled into or out of the body.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

3, 87, 200, 244, and 306, for other medical devices having means broken, cut, pierced, or torn to permit flow of a treating material to the body.