| Class 600 | SURGERY |
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| This Class 600 is considered to be an integral part of Class 128 (see the Class 128 schedule for the position of this Class in schedule hierarchy). This Class retains all pertinent definitions and class lines of Class 128. | ||
![[List of Pre Grant Publications for class 600 subclass 300]](../as.gif) | ![[List of Patents for class 600 subclass 300]](../ps.gif) | 300 | DIAGNOSTIC TESTING |
| | 301 |  Via monitoring a plurality of physiological data, e.g., pulse and blood pressure |
| | 302 | Endoradiosonde |
| | 303 | Olfactometer |
| | 304 | Readiness to give birth |
| | 305 | Hazardous current flow conditions |
| | 306 | Measurement of skin parameters |
| | 307 | Determining rate of fluid loss from body surface |
| | 308 | Physical characteristics of electrolytes |
| | 309 | Measuring or detecting nonradioactive constituent of body liquid by means placed against or in body throughout test |
| | 310 |  Infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation directed on or through body or constituent released therefrom |
| | 311 |  Partial pressure of constituent |
| | 314 | Foreign substance |
| | 315 | Bilirubin |
| | 318 | Determining constituents in eye |
| | 316 | Glucose |
| | 317 | By fluorescent emission |
| | 322 | Determining blood constituent |
| | 323 |  Oxygen saturation, e.g., oximeter |
| | 324 |  And other cardiovascular parameters |
| | 326 | And other blood constituents |
| | 329 | Using a fluorescing material |
| | 330 | Separation of ac/dc components in signal |
| | 331 | Calibrated |
| | 333 | Used in conjunction with associated apparatus (e.g., pacemaker) |
| | 334 | With tissue perfusion |
| | 335 | Pressurization of body portion performed |
| | 336 | Detects constituents while excluding components (e.g., noise) |
| | 337 | Structure preventing contact of body inserted fiber with internal body portions |
| | 338 | Fetal tissue |
| | 339 | Inserted in body |
| | 340 | Measured at specified areas of body portions |
| | 341 | Inserted in body |
| | 342 | Light conducting fiber inserted in body |
| | 344 | Mounting structure (e.g., belt, etc.) |
| | 345 | Electroanalysis |
| | 362 | Absorbent patch for fluid analysis |
| | 363 | Perfusion detection |
| | 364 | Blood gas |
| | 365 | Glucose measurement |
| | 366 | Equilibration and analysis of fluid |
| | 367 | Holder for color indicator (e.g., fertility tester) |
| | 368 | Physical characteristics of blood |
| | 370 | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate/viscosity |
| | 371 | Bleeding detection |
| | 372 | Structure of body-contacting electrode or electrode inserted in body |
| | 373 | Electrode placed in body |
| | 374 | Electrode placed in or on heart |
| | 376 | Fetal monitoring |
| | 377 | Electrode implanted in body |
| | 378 | Electrode in brain |
| | 379 | Electrode in ear |
| | 380 | Electrode in esophagus or pharynx |
| | 381 | Electrode in artery or blood vessel |
| | 382 | Electrode attached to or positioned relative to a specific external body portion |
| | 386 | Means for attaching electrode to body |
| | 393 | Plural electrodes carried on single support |
| | 394 | Head and socket connector for attaching lead to electrode |
| | 395 | Electrode composition |
| | 398 | Testing aqueous humor pressure or related condition |
| | 399 | Measuring impedance to flow of aqueous humor (tonometry) |
| | 400 | Measuring acoustic impedance of eye |
| | 401 | Fluid jet directed against eye |
| | 402 | Eye vibrated |
| | 403 | Pressure indicator includes liquid column |
| | 404 | Pressure indicator includes pointer swingable over scale and mechanically driven by eye contacting means |
| | 405 | Measuring force required to produce standard or measured eye flattening (applanation) |
| | 407 | Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation |
| | 408 | Using neural network or trainable (adaptive) system |
| | 409 | Magnetic field sensor (e.g., magnetometer, SQUID) |
| | 410 | Magnetic resonance imaging or spectroscopy |
| | 411 | Combined with therapeutic or diverse diagnostic device |
| | 412 | Temperature detection |
| | 413 | With triggering or gating device |
| | 414 | Using fiducial marker |
| | 415 | With means for positioning patient or body part |
| | 416 | Simulation of modeling |
| | 417 | With stereotactic device |
| | 418 | With means for communicating with patient |
| | 419 | Of fluid flow |
| | 420 | Using detectable material placed in body |
| | 421 | Including any system component contacting (internal or external) or conforming to body or body part |
| | 424 | With means for determining position of a device placed within a body |
| | 425 | With tomographic imaging obtained from electromagnetic wave |
| | 426 | Using fiducial marker |
| | 427 | Combined with therapeutic or diagnostic device |
| | 428 | With triggering or gating device |
| | 429 | With stereotactic device |
| | 430 | With microwave carrier signal |
| | 431 | Detectable material placed in body |
| | 436 | Nuclear radiation (e.g., radioactive emission, etc.) |
| | 437 | Ultrasonic |
| | 438 | Used as an indicator of another parameter (e.g., temperature, pressure, viscosity) |
| | 439 | With therapeutic device |
| | 440 | Plural display mode systems |
| | 442 | Tissue attenuation or impedance measurement or compensation |
| | 443 | Anatomic image produced by reflective scanning |
| | 448 | Through-transmission (e.g., time-of-flight) imaging |
| | 449 | One-dimensional anatomic display or measurement |
| | 453 | Doppler effect (e.g., fetal HR monitoring) |
| | 458 | Contrast enhancement |
| | 459 | Structure of transducer or probe assembly |
| | 462 | Probe placed in vascular system or body orifice |
| | 463 | With acoustical or display imaging |
| | 464 | Having puncturing means thereon |
| | 466 | Catheter |
| | 465 | Blood flow measurement |
| | 472 | With beam directing or shaping means in the wave path (e.g., lens, reflector) |
| | 461 | Associated with puncturing instrument |
| | 473 | Infrared radiation |
| | 476 | Visible light radiation |
| | 481 | Cardiovascular |
| | 482 | Measuring resistance of capillary blood vessels to hemorrhage |
| | 483 | Simultaneously detecting cardiovascular condition and diverse body condition |
| | 485 | Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessel |
| | 486 | Testing means inserted in body |
| | 489 | Ophthalmodynamometer |
| | 490 | Force applied against skin to close blood vessel |
| | 491 | Hand-supported occluder |
| | 492 | Tester having plural occluders, or single occluder and separate pressurized pulse sensing cuff or cushion |
| | 493 | Electric signal generated by sensing means responsive to pulse or Korotkoff sounds |
| | 494 | Pulse-induced pressure fluctuation in occluder generates electric signal |
| | 495 | Pressure in inflatable occluder automatically raised above systolic pressure |
| | 497 | Pressure indicator includes liquid column |
| | 498 | Valve structure |
| | 499 | Occluder structure |
| | 500 | Detecting blood vessel pulsation |
| | 504 | Measuring blood flow in body portion other than heart |
| | 505 | Sensing means inserted in blood vessel |
| | 506 | By detecting electrical impedance of body portion |
| | 507 | By detecting volume of body portion |
| | 508 | Heart |
| | 509 | Detecting heartbeat electric signal |
| | 510 | Testing artificially regulated or assisted heart |
| | 511 | Fetal heartbeat |
| | 512 | Orthogonal heartbeat electric signals combined to form vector signal |
| | 513 | Detecting heartbeat electric signal and diverse cardiovascular characteristic |
| | 514 | Sound generated by successive heartbeat electric signals to represent heart action |
| | 515 | Detecting arrhythmia |
| | 516 | Variation in duration of segment of PQRST signal waveform (e.g., QRS complex, etc.) detected |
| | 517 | Vertical variation of PQRST signal waveform (e.g., amplitude of QRS complex, etc.) detected |
| | 518 | Tachycardia or fibrillation detected |
| | 519 | Detecting signal repetition rate |
| | 521 | Detecting R portion of signal waveform |
| | 522 | Switching means for activating different monitoring systems, signal displays, or signal recorders |
| | 523 | Signal display or recording |
| | 526 | Blood output per beat or time interval |
| | 527 | Detecting heartbeat by sensing movement of oscillatable body-supporting means |
| | 528 | Detecting heart sound |
| | 529 | Respiratory |
| | 530 | Halitosis detection |
| | 531 | Measuring metabolic rate by breath test |
| | 532 | Qualitative or quantitative analysis of breath component |
| | 533 | Measuring respiratory flow impedance or lung elasticity |
| | 534 | Detecting body movement attending breathing |
| | 535 | Capacitor-type transducer |
| | 536 | Detector responsive to movement induced variation in impedance of body to electric current |
| | 537 | Thermistor-type transducer generating electric signal in response to breath flow |
| | 538 | Measuring breath flow or lung capacity |
| | 543 | Breath collection |
| | 544 | Detecting brain electric signal |
| | 546 | Detecting muscle electrical signal |
| | 547 | Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion |
| | 549 | Temperature detection |
| | 550 | Detecting foreign object or calculus by probing |
| | 551 | Monitoring fertility cycle |
| | 552 | Sensitivity to vibration |
| | 553 | Sensitivity to impact |
| | 554 | Sensitivity to electric stimulus |
| | 555 | Sensitivity to thermal stimulus |
| | 556 | Sensitivity of skin to allergens or radiation |
| | 557 | Touch or pain response of skin |
| | 558 | Eye or testing by visual stimulus |
| | 559 | Ear or testing by auditory stimulus |
| | 560 | Injecting gas into body canal or cavity |
| | 561 | Measuring fluid pressure in body |
| | 562 | Sampling nonliquid body material (e.g., bone, muscle tissue, epithelial cells, etc.) |
| | 563 | Irrigation |
| | 564 | Cutting |
| | 569 | Brushing |
| | 570 | Scraping with edged instrument |
| | 572 | Wiping or dabbing |
| | 573 | Liquid collection |
| | 574 | Means specifically structured for collecting urine of human female |
| | 575 | Plural collection means (e.g., plural reservoirs or plural absorbent pads, etc.) |
| | 576 | Manually supported collector with rigid intake tube (e.g., a hollow needle, etc.) |
| | 577 | Penetrable seal in liquid flow path to collection reservoir |
| | 578 | Mechanical means for drawing liquid into collection reservoir |
| | 579 | Means for controlling liquid flow |
| | 580 | Wall of collection reservoir formed of flexible material |
| | 581 | Flexible collection tube inserted in body |
| | 582 | Collection receptacle placed within body |
| | 583 | Collector combined with lancet |
| | 584 | Indicator |
| | 585 | Flexible catheter guide |
| | 586 | Detecting sound generated within body |
| | 587 | Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or exerted by body |
| | 1 | RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE APPLIED TO BODY FOR THERAPY |
| | 2 | Combined with other radiant or wave energy source (e.g., electromagnetic, thermal, microwave etc.) |
| | 3 | Radioactive substance placed within body (e.g., inhaled, implanted, injected, etc.) |
| | 9 | MAGNETIC FIELD APPLIED TO BODY FOR THERAPY |
| | 10 | Radio frequency wave induced magnetic field for subcutaneous hyperthermia |
| | 11 | Probes |
| | 12 | Magnetic element placed within body (e.g., injected, inserted, implanted, etc.) |
| | 13 | Electromagnetic coil |
| | 15 | Externally supported or worn (e.g., garment, belt etc.) |
| | 16 | CARDIAC AUGMENTATION (PULSATORS, ETC.) |
| | 19 | ANTIGRAVATIONAL SYSTEMS |
| | 21 | ISOLATION TREATMENT CHAMBERS |
| | 23 | SPEECH CORRECTION/THERAPY (E.G., ANTISTAMMERING) |
| | 25 | SURGICALLY IMPLANTED VIBRATORY HEARING AID |
| | 26 | SLEEP OR RELAXATION INDUCING THERAPY (E.G., DIRECT NERVE STIMULATION, HYPNOSIS, ANALGESIA) |
| | 29 | BODY INSERTED URINARY OR COLONIC INCONTINENT DEVICE OR TREATMENT (E.G., ARTIFICIAL SPHINCTERS, ETC.) |
| | 38 | SEXUAL APPLIANCE |
| | 33 | REPRODUCTION AND FERTILIZATION TECHNIQUES |
| | 36 | BLOOD VESSEL OR GRAFT PREPARATION |
| | 37 | INTERNAL ORGAN SUPPORT OR SLING |
| | 101 | ENDOSCOPE |
| | 102 | With chair, table, holder, or other support |
| | 103 | With monitoring of components or view field |
| | 104 | With tool carried on endoscope or auxillary channel therefore |
| | 109 | With camera or solid state imager |
| | 113 | With additional scope |
| | 114 | With guide means for body insertion |
| | 116 | With inflatable balloon |
| | 117 | With means for indicating position, depth or condition of endoscope |
| | 118 | With control or monitoring of endoscope functions |
| | 119 | With shield to protect operator (e.g., splatter protection) |
| | 120 | Having endotrachael intuabation means on endoscope |
| | 121 | With protective sheath |
| | 122 | For camera or handle |
| | 123 | For auxiliary channel |
| | 124 | With means to assist covering or uncovering of sheath |
| | 125 | With locking or retaining means for sheath |
| | 126 | With foot pedal control for endoscope operation |
| | 127 | With non-optical distal tip attachment |
| | 128 | With particular shaft cross-section |
| | 129 | With particular distal tip configuration |
| | 130 | With particular arrangement of internal elements (e.g., shaft reducing) |
| | 131 | With particular operating handle design (e.g., for comfort) |
| | 132 | Universal cord connector device for endoscope functions |
| | 133 | Sterilizable |
| | 134 | Having means to protect user, patient, or endoscope from electrical discharge |
| | 135 | Urological |
| | 136 | Having separable shaft |
| | 137 | Having rotatable shaft |
| | 138 | Having rigid tube structure |
| | 139 | Having flexible tube structure |
| | 140 | Plural layers |
| | 141 | Articulated segments |
| | 143 | Having shape memory retaining material component |
| | 144 | With adjustable rigidity |
| | 145 | With bend detecting means (e.g., endoscope tracking) |
| | 146 | With bending control means |
| | 153 | Having auxiliary channel |
| | 154 | Channel seal (e.g., forceps stopcock) |
| | 155 | With interior cleaning means |
| | 156 | Fluid channel (e.g., suction, irrigation, aspiration) |
| | 160 | Having imaging and illumination means |
| | 161 | Strain relief means on optical element |
| | 162 | Ocular (e.g., eyepiece) |
| | 166 | Stereoscopic |
| | 167 | Focusing |
| | 168 | Magnifying |
| | 169 | Fog prevention |
| | 170 | Side viewing distal end |
| | 171 | Oblique viewing distal end |
| | 172 | Interchangeable optical system |
| | 173 | View field altering means |
| | 174 | Articulated optical coupler |
| | 175 | Distal optical attachment |
| | 176 | Having particular distal lens or window |
| | 178 | Light source |
| | 181 | With filter, masking, diaphram, or aperture plate |
| | 182 | Light transmitting fibers or arrangements |
| | 183 | Tissue division viewing (e.g., carpal tunnel, plantal fasciotomy) |
| | 184 | SPECULA |
| | 185 | Laryngoscope |
| | 186 | With protective sheath |
| | 187 | With auxiliary channel for fluid transversing |
| | 188 | With means to transmit view from distal end |
| | 190 | Having particular blade structure |
| | 191 | Made from light transmitting material |
| | 192 | With rough grained surface |
| | 193 | Detachable or foldable |
| | 194 | Specific design for intubation |
| | 195 | With cushion or pad (e.g., teeth guard) |
| | 196 | Adjustable (e.g., linearly, angularly) |
| | 197 | Having particular handle structure |
| | 199 | Illuminating |
| | 201 | Retractor |
| | 202 | With sensor or measuring means |
| | 203 | With protective sheath |
| | 204 | Laproscopic |
| | 205 | With auxiliary channel (e.g., fluid transversing) |
| | 206 | Having flexible, malleable or shape memory material |
| | 210 | With special blade or retracting surface structure |
| | 211 | Skeleton blade |
| | 212 | Containing light transmitting material |
| | 213 | Detachable from handle |
| | 214 | Plural blades on single handle |
| | 215 | Adjustable (e.g., extendable) |
| | 217 | With retracting hook, claw, teeth, or barb |
| | 218 | With compressing jaws |
| | 219 | With cooperating retracting members |
| | 220 | Duck-Billed specula (e.g., vagina) |
| | 221 | With auxiliary instrument |
| | 222 | With means to change parallel distance between blades |
| | 223 | With illuminating means |
| | 224 | Three or more members (e.g., trivalve speculum) |
| | 225 | Pivots along longitudinal axis |
| | 226 | With special handle |
| | 227 | With holder |
| | 235 | Specific use retractor |
| | 245 | Having illuminating means |
| | 247 | REFLECTOR |
| | 249 | LAMPS FOR ILLUMINATION |
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| | 920 | METHOD OF MAKING ENDOSCOPES |
| | 921 | MANIPULATING IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS |
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