US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 167
.~ Cutting, puncturing or piercing

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606 /   HD   SURGERY

1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
167.~ Cutting, puncturing or piercing {10}
168  DF  .~.~> Cutter drive reversed to clean material therefrom
169  DF  .~.~> Cutter having vibratory drive means
170  DF  .~.~> Cutter carried on elongated probe-like member {1}
172  DF  .~.~> Means to limit cutter penetration depth (e.g., dura guard) {1}
174  DF  .~.~> Shear type (e.g., scissors, etc.) {1}
176  DF  .~.~> Saw type {3}
180  DF  .~.~> Rotary cutter
181  DF  .~.~> Lancet {1}
184  DF  .~.~> Punch
185  DF  .~.~> Puncturing or piercing {4}

DEFINITION

Classification: 606/167

Cutting, puncturing or piercing:

(under subclass 1) Subject matter comprising means for use in severing, perforating or penetrating the body or a specific portion thereof.

(1) Note. Patents claiming the cutting of bone, bone-like material or cartilage are classified in subclasses 79+.

(2) Note. Patents claiming cutting of body joints are also classifiable in subclasses 79+, orthopedic cutting instruments.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

79+, for cutting means specific to orthopedic use.

116+, for punching, cutting or piercing means to mark animals.

117, for means to apply identification tags of punching or piercing. 118, for circumcision devices.

125, for cutting devices for rupturing amniotic membranes.

131, for skin removal means including cutting.

135, for cutting means used to sterilize animals.

138, for cutting of sutures, ligatures, slaps and clips.

159, for cutting devices inserted into a vessel or duct to enlarge it.

163, for debeaking or dehorning an animal by cutting.

165, for cutting of animal tails.

166, for cutting of the cornea.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

27, Undertaking,

24.1+, for trocars for treating a corpse. 30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for cutting implements adapted to dehorn animals but having general utility, for cutting structures associated with surgery; such as plastic casts and external stitches but not a part of the body, and mere knives although referred to as surgical knives.

175, Boring or Penetrating the Earth,

327+, for earth boring bit or bit element.