DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G 01 N, e.g.
G 01 N 33/48; obtaining records using waves other than optical waves, in general G 03 B 42/00)
Note
This subclass covers instruments, implements, and processes for diagnostic, surgical and person-identification purposes, including obstetrics, instruments for cutting corns, vaccination instruments, finger-printing, psycho-physical tests.
Diagnosis; Psycho-physical tests
1
/
00
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes (examination of body cavities or body tracts using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A 61 B 8/12; instruments, e.g. endoscopes, for taking a cell sample A 61 B 10/00; endoscopic cutting instruments A 61 B 17/32, A 61 B 17/36); Illuminating arrangements therefor (for the eyes A 61 B 3/00) [4]
1
/
002
•
having rod-lens arrangements (A 61 B 1/055 takes precedence) [6]
1
/
005
•
Flexible endoscopes [6]
1
/
008
•
•
Articulations [6]
1
/
01
•
•
Guiding arrangements therefor [6]
1
/
012
•
characterised by internal passages or accessories therefor [6]
1
/
015
•
•
Control of fluid supply or evacuation [6]
1
/
018
•
•
for receiving instruments [6]
1
/
04
•
combined with photographic or television appliances [2]
1
/
045
•
•
Control thereof [6]
1
/
05
•
•
characterised by the image sensor, e.g. camera, being in the distal end portion [6]
1
/
055
•
•
having rod-lens arrangements [6]
1
/
06
•
with illuminating arrangements
1
/
07
•
•
using light-conductive means, e.g. optical fibres [6]
1
/
12
•
with cooling or rinsing arrangements (A 61 B 1/015
takes precedence) [6]
for the mouth, i.e. stomatoscopes, e.g. with tongue depressors (tongue depressors per seA 61 B 13/00); Instruments for opening or keeping open the mouth (combined with saliva removers A 61 C 17/10; mouth openers for animals A 61 D 15/00) [5]
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247
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•
with means for viewing areas outside the direct line of sight, e.g. dentists' mirrors [6]
