US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 83
.~.~.~ Rongeur, resector, or nipper
Current as of:
June, 1999
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SURGERY
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INSTRUMENTS
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83
.~.~.~ Rongeur, resector, or nipper
DEFINITION
Classification: 606/83
Rongeur, resector or nipper:
(under subclass 79) Subject matter wherein the bone or associated soft tissue is cut by a crushing, gnawing, chipping or cutting action.
(1) Note. The devices in this subclass are termed bone forceps, bone nippers and rongeurs (crushing devices) for use
in cutting through thin boney structure (ribs) or cartilage material for either complete removal thereof or for separation for further surgery.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
176+, for shear or scissors like cutters.
205+, for forceps structure, particularly subclass 211 for forceps jaw structure.
