(under subclass 1) Subject matter wherein the instrument has means for converting energy which provides means for warming localized body tissue with a hot object or warmed material.
(1) Note. This subclass does not include instruments which cause a heating of the body by direct passage of electricity or electrical energy through the body. Such instruments are located in subclasses 32+.
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192+, for dilators in which the dilation is produced by an inflatable member which may be inflated by a hot or cold fluid.
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30, Cutlery,
140, for cutting instruments of general utility combined with a heater.
219, Electric Heating, 221+, for heating tools or instruments of general utility.
607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application,
96+, for other instruments for heating the body which are limited to therapeutic use; and subclass 113 for internal thermal applicators.
