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A61B 17/50

Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body (surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers, A61B17/30)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body

CPC: Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body (surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers, A61B17/30)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Surgical instruments, devices or methods > Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body

CPC:

Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) > Instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body (surgical pincettes, i.e. surgical tweezers, A61B17/30)

Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 1 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

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