US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 27
.~ Heat application


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606 /   HD   SURGERY

1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
27.~ Heat application {1}
28  DF  .~.~> Tip or other heat concentration means {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 606/27

Heat application:

(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+.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

192+, for dilators in which the dilation is produced by an inflatable member which may be inflated by a hot or cold fluid.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

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.