US PATENT SUBCLASS 72 / 409.05-- .~.~.~ Surgical clip

US PATENT SUBCLASS 72 / 409.05
.~.~.~ Surgical clip

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72 /	HD	METAL DEFORMING

407	DF	WITH MEANS TO ACTUATE BOTH ELEMENTS OF TOOL-COUPLE {2}
409.01	DF	.~ Handle actuated (e.g., plier type, etc.) {12}
409.04	DF	.~.~ With work supply or feed {2}
409.05		.~.~.~ Surgical clip

DEFINITION

Classification: 72/409.05

Surgical clip:

(under subclass 409.04) Subject matter wherein the work is intended to piercingly retain plural edges of animal tissue in abutting relationship.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

409.02+, for apparatus to deform a clip through the snout of a swine.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

227, Elongated-Member-Driving Apparatus,

175+, for surgical stapling apparatus having an anvil into which a staple is driven and thereby deformed.

606, Surgery,

117, for means to apply a marking clip to an animal which does not pierce the tissue and subclasses 142+ for surgical clip appliers for clips which do not pierce the tissue.