US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 216
.~.~.~ Means to draw opposed sides of incision into apposition

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1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
213  DF  .~ Sutureless closure {2}
215  DF  .~.~ Material placed on opposed sides of incision or wound {3}
216.~.~.~ Means to draw opposed sides of incision into apposition {2}
217  DF  .~.~.~.~> Sliding fastener
218  DF  .~.~.~.~> Screw, rack and pinion or pawl and racket

DEFINITION

Classification: 606/216

Means to draw opposed sides of incision into apposition:

(under subclass 215) Subject matter wherein the material placed upon opposed sides of the wound or incision is manually moved or drawn together by a means which forces the edges of said wound or incision into coaptation.

(1) Note. Patents in this subclass have at least one manually actuated means to bring wound edges in opposition; adhesive strip, placed upon opposite sides of a wound, which are joined by elastic bands, which bands pull the adhesive strip together to close the edges of the wound are considered to be selfmoving means which do so because of their own composition since they are not means physically moved by a person to chew the wound together, such devices are not properly classifiable in this subclass but in subclass 215 above.