PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053394
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "034000"]

Abstract:
A surgical device employs a longevity circuit for preventing operation after a specified time based on safe use expectations. The surgical device delivers a therapy signal via a handpiece having electrodes in proximity to the surgical site. The therapy signal is a high frequency electrical signal delivered from a generator coupled to the handpiece, and activated by a control signal. A therapy circuit established by coupling the handpiece and generator delivers the therapy signal, and is monitored for activation based on a time since a first activation, a number of activations, or an aggregate time of activated intervals. A usage limit defines the activation lifespan, and is employed for monitoring either the therapy circuit or the control circuit, to determine a usage history. Following expiration of a safe usage limit, a longevity circuit in the handpiece disables the handpiece for successive uses, and is independent of a connection to a particular generator.

Claim (Index 10):
The device of  claim 1  further comprising an interface to a generator for providing the current to the at least one powered surgical element lead, the termination circuit operable to modify characteristics of the interface for causing the generator to cease to supply the current.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14682255', '14210741', '14211042', '10965652', '12896467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7728324609066246
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5290579864008841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7484550134560506
- Mean Citation Score: 218.22772
- Max Citation Score: 422.76
- Similarity Product: 334.53308688640595

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

Dataset: test