US PATENT SUBCLASS 607 / 100
.~.~ Electromagnetic radiation (e.g., infrared)

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607 /   HD   SURGERY: LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION

1  DF  LIGHT, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL APPLICATION {8}
96  DF  .~ Thermal applicators {8}
100.~.~ Electromagnetic radiation (e.g., infrared) {1}
101  DF  .~.~.~> Microwave or RF (high frequency) {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 607/100

Electromagnetic radiation (e.g., infrared):

(under subclass 96) Subject matter wherein therapeutic heating is accomplished by the absorption of electromagnetic waves radiated into the area to be heated.

(1) Note. The electromagnetic waves may be any frequency capable of heating the tissue when coupled thereto with sufficient power, and includes without being so limited wavelengths in the infrared, radio, and microwave wavelengths.

(2) Note. The mere specifying of, for example, of high or radio-frequencies, etc., is not sufficient for classification herein absent the feature of radiated electromagnetic waves. For example, where a radio frequency generator is coupled to a pair of electrodes attached to the body to direct a current between them, classification is proper in subclass 98, above.