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Class Number: 606 Class Title: SURGERY Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 INSTRUMENTS 2 .Light application 2.5 ..Lithotripsy 3 ..With particular wavelength 4 ..Ophthalmic 5 ...Recurving or reshaping of the eye 6 ...Cataracts or glaucoma 7 ..Angioplasty 8 ..Anastomosis 9 ..Dermatological 10 ..Systems 11 ...Beam energy control or monitoring 12 ....Condition responsive 13 ..Applicators 14 ...Placed in body 15 ....With optical fiber 16 ...With optical fiber 17 ...With beam shaping or redirecting (e.g., lens) 18 ....Mirror 19 .....Articulated arm 20 .Cyrogenic application 21 ..Internal application 22 ..With coolant supply 23 ...Tip or other cooling concentration means 24 ....With heating means (e.g., defroster) 25 ....Self-contained coolant supply 26 ....With hand manipulable coolant control 27 .Heat application 28 ..Tip or other heat concentration means 29 ...Tip in electrical circuit 30 ....Self-contained powersupply 31 ....With thermal control means 32 .Electrical application 33 ..Electromagnetic wave irradiation 34 ..Systems 35 ...Ground electrode monitoring 36 ...Depilation 37 ...Combined cutting-coagulation 38 ....With feed back control 39 ...Cutting 40 ...Coagulation 41 ..Applicators 42 ...With switching or power control 43 ...Depilation 44 ....By needle 45 ...Cutting 46 ....Endoscopic 47 .....With formable electrode 48 ....Bipolar electrodes 49 ...coagulation 50 ....Bipolar electrodes 51 .....With forceps or tweezerss 52 ....With forceps or tweezers 237 .Chiropractic or osteopathic implement 238 ..Percussive prod 239 ...Motorized pummelling device 240 ..Positioner for recumbent user 241 ..Extension appliance 242 ...Couch 243 ....With intermediate gap 244 ....With pivot to pedestal 245 ..With intermediate pivot 53 .Orthopedic instrumentation 54 ..External fixation means 55 ...Movable by patient 56 ...Ring frame 57 ...Compression or distraction mechanism 58 ....Cyclable or incrementable 59 ...Pin connector 60 ..Internal fixation means 61 ...Spinal positioner or stabilizer 62 ...Intramedullary fixator 63 ....Expanding in diameter or length 64 ....Cross-fastened 65 ...Femoral screw 66 ....Anti-rotation or keeper means 67 ...Femoral nail 68 ....Expanding 69 ...Cortical plate 70 ....Multi-element or coated plate 71 .....Having separable and distinct plate elements 72 ...Orthopedic fastener 73 ....Threaded fastener element 74 ....Bone cerclage device 75 ....Staple or similar driven fastener 76 ..Specialized coating or material 77 ...Absorbable 78 ...Shape memory material 79 ..Orthopedic cutting instrument 80 ...Reamer or drill 81 ....Acetabular 82 ...Saw type tool 83 ...Rongeur, resector, or nipper 84 ...Osteotome or scraper 85 ....Rasp or file 86 ..Means for use in bone reperation 87 ...Osteotomy jig or fixture 88 ....Knee or knee joint 89 ....Femoral head 90 ...Joint distractor 91 ...Acetabular cup positioner 92 ...Device for the application of bone cement 93 ....Applicator 94 .....Pressurized cement placement 95 ....Intramedullary plug or centering means 96 ...Drill or pin guide 97 ....X-ray positioned 98 ....Cross-pinning drill guide 99 ...Prosthesis insertor or extractor 100 ....Restrained movable mass (e.g., slide hammer)) 101 ...Nail or plate bender 102 ...Gauging or measuring device 103 ...Wiring aid 104 ...Screw or pin placement or removal means 105 ...Bone compression or distraction 105.5 ....Cast removal implement 106 .Means for removing foreign objects from the throat or connected passageways (e.g., probing) 107 .Means for removing, inserting or aiding in the removal or insertion of eye lens material 108 .Means for inserting or removing conduit within body 109 ..Ear vent or drain 110 .Means for removing tonsils, adenoids or polyps 111 ..With hemostasis 112 ...By pressure application 113 ..By wire loop or snare 114 ..With collecting means for removed material 115 ...By vacuum application 116 .Means for marking animals 117 .Means for applying animal identification device 118 .Means for circumcision 119 .Obstetric or gynecological instruments 120 ..Umbilical clamp 121 ..Partuition assistance device 122 ...Fetus extractor 123 ....With vacuum or suction application 124 ....With mechanical means for applying tension (e.g., gearing, reels, etc.) 125 ..Means for rupturing the amniotic membrane 126 ..Embryotome 127 .Means for concretion removal 128 ..With fragmenting means 129 .Electrode guide means 130 .Stereotaxic device 131 .Means for removal of skin or material therefrom 132 ..By means for skin graft preparation (e.g., dermatome) 133 ..Physical removal of hair or hair plugs from skin 134 ...By application of wax or adhesive 135 .Means for, or to assist in mammalian sterilization 136 ..By crushing 137 ..By severing 138 .Means for removing suture, clip, staple or ligature 139 .Suture, ligature, elastic band or clip applier 140 ..Elastic band applier 141 ...Band applied to reproductive organ 142 ..Clip applier 143 ...Clip fed from supply 144 ..Mechanical suture or ligature applier 145 ...Shuttle action by suture passing device 146 ...Spool feeds suture to needle 147 ...Means for clamping needle to handle 148 ..Suturing or ligating aid or guide 149 ...Eversion device 150 ...Alignment device (e.g., approximators) 151 .Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band 152 ..Connector for nerve endings 153 ..Connector for hollow body organs 154 ...Bioabsorbablee 155 ...Connector is single element 156 ....Removable 157 ..Occluding clip, clamp, or band 158 ...Artery or vein 159 .Blood vessel, duct or teat cutter, scrapper or abrader 160 .Curette 161 .Optic, otic or oral scrapper or abrader 162 .Means for cleaning eye, ear or nose 163 .Means for debeaking or dehorning animals 164 ..By electrical or thermal application 165 .Means for removal of animal tails 166 .Corneal cutter or guide for corneal cutter 167 .Cutting, puncturing or piercing 168 ..Cutter drive reversed to clean material therefrom 169 ..Cutter having vibratory drive means 170 ..Cutter carried on elongated probe-like member 171 ...Recriprocating or oscillating cutter 172 ..Means to limit cutter penetration depth (e.g., dura guard) 173 ...By disconnecting cutter drive 174 ..Shear type (e.g., scissors, etc.) 175 ...Snout cutter 176 ..Saw type 177 ...Reciprocating 178 ...Oscillating 179 ...Cylindrical 180 ..Rotary cutter 181 ..Lancet 182 ...Spring driven or biased into cutting position 183 ....Plural cutting blades 184 ..Punch 185 ..Puncturing or piercing 186 ...Multiple puncturing elements (e.g., tatoo, scarifiers, etc.) 187 ...Hair or artificial hair injector or anchor 188 ...Earlobe piercing means 189 ...Acupuncture means 190 .Blunt dissectors 191 .Internal pressure applicator (e.g., dilator) 192 ..Inflatable or expandible by fluid 193 ...Inserted in female reproductive system 194 ...Inserted in vascular system 195 ....Detachable from inflation means 196 ...Nose or throat 197 ..Rectal or anal 198 ..Expanding dilator (e.g., expanding arm, etc.) 199 ..Nasal dilator 200 ..With emboli trap or filter 201 .External pressure applicator 202 ..Pneumatic cuff 203 ..Tourniquet 204 ..Acupressure device 204.15 ..Head 204.25 ...Eye 204.35 ...Wrinkle remover 204.45 ...Nose shaper 204.55 ...Horn bender 205 .Forceps 206 ..Jaws biased to open or closed position 207 ..Jaw structuree 208 ..Hinge or latch structure 209 ..Tubular member stripper 210 .Tweezers 211 ..Combined with another device 212 .Hoof crack repair 213 .Sutureless closure 214 ..Chemical bonding material applied to wound edges 215 ..Material placed on opposed sides of incision or wound 216 ...Means to draw opposed sides of incision into apposition 217 ....Sliding fastener 218 ....Screw, rack and pinion or pawl and racket 219 ...Staple fastener 220 ....With retaining means 221 ...Approximating clip or serrefine 222 .Suturing needle 223 ..Needle tip or body structure 224 ..Filament attachment 225 ...Tied, hooked, wedged or grasped 226 ...Deformed 227 ...Pull out or frangible 228 .Suture or ligature 229 ..Collagen containing 230 ..Absorbable in body 231 ..Organic material containing 232 .Suture retaining means (e.g., buttons) 233 .Suture supported from engagement with incision (e.g., suture bridge) 234 .Oral pacifier 235 ..Teething device 236 ..Nipple attachment or structure