US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 517
.~.~.~.~ To or from the urogenital system

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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}
500  DF  .~.~ Method {8}
514  DF  .~.~.~ Therapeutic material introduced or removed from natural body orifice {3}
517.~.~.~.~ To or from the urogenital system

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/517

To or from the urogenital system:

(under subclass 514) Subject matter for a process to introduce material or remove material from the male or female urinary systems and the male external and internal reproductive structures without requiring invasive procedures.

(1) Note. Appropriate subject matter for this subclass includes methods of gaining access to the urogenital system through a naturally occurring orifice.

(2) Note. The urinary system includes the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.

(3) Note. The external male reproductive organs include the scrotum, testicles, and the penis and the internal organs include the prostate glands, bulbourethral glands, vas deferens, seminal vesicles, and the ejaculatory duct.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

158+, body entering conduit axially movable within body piercing while former is disposed in the body.

164+, body piercer, obturator rod, or stylet axially movable within body while latter is disposed in body. 516, for gastrointestinal cannulae.

517, for urethra cannulae.

523+, for a catheter used to inject material into the body or removing it from the same and especially subclass 544 for means and methods of removing nontherapeutic material from the urinary system.