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(documentation Needle EnglishLanguage "A needle is a MedicalDevice intended for Inserting or Removing a Fluid Inside a patient.")	Medicine.kif 911-912
(subclass Needle MedicalDevice)	Medicine.kif 910-910	Needle is a subclass of medical device

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(subclass DecompressionNeedle Needle)	Medicine.kif 6062-6062	Decompression needle is a subclass of needle
(termFormat EnglishLanguage Needle "needle")	Medicine.kif 913-913	Decompression needle is a subclass of needle

antecedent

(=>
    (instance ?N Needle)
    (hasPurpose ?N
        (exists (?H ?TP ?F ?RI)
            (and
                (instance ?H Animal)
                (instance ?TP TherapeuticProcss)
                (attribute ?F Fluid)
                (patient ?TP ?H)
                (instrument ?TP ?N)
                (or
                    (instance ?RI Removing)
                    (instance ?RI Inserting))
                (subProcess ?RI ?TP)
                (objectTransferred ?RI ?F)))))

Medicine.kif 915-929

If a physical is an instance of needle,
then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity and a fourth entity such that the entity is an instance of animal and the other entity is an instance of TherapeuticProcss and fluid is an attribute of the third entity and the entity is a patient of the other entity and the physical is an instrument for the other entity and the fourth entity is an instance of removing or the fourth entity is an instance of inserting and the fourth entity is a subprocess of the other entity and the object transferred in the fourth entity is the third entity

consequent

(=> (and (instance ?T Thoracentesis) (patient ?T ?H)) (exists (?I ?O ?IN ?L ?C ?F) (and (instance ?I Inserting) (subProcess ?I ?T) (objectTransferred ?I ?N) (origin ?I ?O) (destination ?I ?IN) (instance ?N Needle) (attribute ?F Fluid) (objectTransferred ?T ?F) (destination ?F ?O) (instance ?L Lung) (instance ?C Chest) (part ?L ?H) (part ?C ?H) (origin ?T ?IN) (destination ?T ?O) (between ?L ?IN ?C) (orientation ?O ?H Outside))))	Medicine.kif 886-908	If a transfer is an instance of needle decompression and an object is a patient of the transfer, then there exist another transfer, another object,, , the other transferN,, , a fourth object,, , a fifth object and a sixth object such that the other transfer is an instance of inserting and the other transfer is a subprocess of the transfer and the object transferred in the other transfer is a seventh object and the other transfer originates at the other object and the other transfer ends up at the other transferN and the seventh object is an instance of needle and fluid is an attribute of the sixth object and the object transferred in the transfer is the sixth object and the sixth object ends up at the other object and the fourth object is an instance of lung and the fifth object is an instance of chest and the fourth object is a part of the object and the fifth object is a part of the object and the transfer originates at the other transferN and the transfer ends up at the other object and the other transferN is between the fourth object and the fifth object and the other object is outside to the object
(=> (instance ?EP EpiPen) (exists (?N ?A) (and (instance ?N Needle) (part ?N ?EP) (instance ?A Adrenaline) (part ?A ?EP))))	Medicine.kif 6379-6386	If an object is an instance of adrenaline autoinjector, then there exist another object and a third object such that the other object is an instance of needle and the other object is a part of the object and the third object is an instance of epinephrine and the third object is a part of the object

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