US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 198
.~.~.~.~.~.~ Cover or protector for body entering conduit movable axially relative to one another

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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}
181  DF  .~.~.~ Means moved by person to inject or remove fluent material to or from body inserted conduit, holder, or reservoir {3}
187  DF  .~.~.~.~ Injector or aspirator syringe supported only by person during use (e.g., hand held hypodermic syringe, douche tube with forced injection, etc.) {13}
192  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Having cover or protector for body entering conduit {5}
198.~.~.~.~.~.~ Cover or protector for body entering conduit movable axially relative to one another

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/198

Cover or protector for body entering conduit movable axially relative to one another:

(under subclass 192) Subject matter wherein the conductor, shield, or protecting means is moved axially relative to the conduit or the conduit is moved axially relative to the shield or protecting means such that the conduit is exposed for use or repositioned in the shield or protector after use.

(1) Note. Patents in this subclass disclose the movement of the conduit, cover or protector against the action of a spring, or by movement of the conduit cover or protector against inertia or by movement of the conduit to pierce the end of the cover or protector.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

171+, for a conductor axially movable within a flexible protective sheath.