US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 190
.~ Blunt dissectors
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 606/190
Blunt dissectors:
(under subclass 1) Subject matter comprising means to separate layers of tissue or tissue from other material without cutting either tissue or material during the separation process.
(1) Note. Patents in this subclass disclose an obturator-like device which is passed through layers of tissue to separate them without cutting also disclosed are blunt ended rods that are passed through blood vessels to separate arteriosclerotic material from a vessel wall.
(2) Note. Separation of tissue layers or arteriosclerotic material may also be accomplished by the introduction of a fluid through the blunt dissector.
