PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16212579
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["422", "297000"]

Abstract:
An improved mobile apparatus for sterilizing surgical trays serves as a self-contained autoclave, allowing sterilization of the interior of the apparatus and its contents. A method of sterilization using the apparatus is presented as well. By means of a dedicated transfer and storage system, the apparatus, integrable with respect to a transfer cart and a lift device, may be moved easily between a location of sterilization, a storage area, and an operating room, and more than one such apparatus may be stacked vertically for storage to enhance storage efficiency.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of sterilizing at least one surgical tray containing surgical instruments using a cabinet, where the cabinet is sized to receive the at least one surgical tray within an interior sterilization chamber, where the cabinet can be configured between an open configuration allowing for insertion and removal of at least one surgical tray into the interior sterilization chamber and a sealed configuration where the at least one surgical tray cannot be removed, the method comprising:\n configuring the cabinet in the open configuration; loading the at least one surgical tray containing surgical instruments into the interior sterilization chamber; securing the cabinet into the sealed configuration; positioning of the cabinet at a sterilization location adjacent to an autoclave using a transfer cart, where the transfer cart is adjustable to permit leveling of the cabinet to the autoclave; locking the transfer cart relative to the autoclave; transferring the cabinet from the transfer cart into an autoclave while the transfer cart is locked relative to the autoclave, where the cabinet or transfer cart includes mechanical guides to guide the transfer cart into the autoclave; sterilizing the surgical instruments within the interior sterilization chamber; positioning the cabinet onto the transfer cart while the cabinet is in the sealed configuration; releasing the transfer cart relative to the autoclave; and relocating the cabinet from the sterilization location using the transfer cart.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65
- Patent Class: 422.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15411361', '15608739', '13944875', '12387673', '14644094']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8055620037353636
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5755180134736447
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7825576047091917
- Mean Citation Score: 387.23535
- Max Citation Score: 472.66046
- Similarity Product: 466.9697317553829

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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