PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16386692
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "563000"]

Abstract:
An improved flexible endoscopic instrument to precisely and efficiently obtains samples of flat polyps and multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope. In one aspect, the cutting tool is coupled to a flexible torque coil or torque rope that is configured to transfer rotational energy from a powered actuator through the length of the endoscope onto the cutting tool.

Claim (Index 19):
The endoscopic instrument of  claim 18 , further comprising a rotational coupler coupling the flexible outer tubing to the tubular member, the rotational coupler configured to cause the flexible outer tubing to rotate relative to the tubular member and the opening defined in the outer cannula to rotate relative to the inner cannula.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56667
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14537362', '14280202', '14961425', '14501957', '14501932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5662715879478669
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.627133508666808
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5723577800197611
- Mean Citation Score: 557.4576900000002
- Max Citation Score: 581.0509999999998
- Similarity Product: 573.5487954913376

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

Dataset: test