PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899720
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["601", "002000"]

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus comprises an instrument body, an end effector, and a control module. The end effector is in communication with the handle assembly. The end effector is operable for use in a surgical procedure. The control module is in communication with the end effector. The end effector with the control module is able to deliver surgical energy as well as nerve excitation energy to a surgical site. A surgeon may detect stimulation of nervous tissue by visually observing the tissue twitch, and may adjust surgical technique accordingly. A sensor may be used to detect excitation of nervous tissue based on excitation caused by the nerve excitation energy.

Claim (Index 36):
The surgical instrument of  claim 34 , wherein the end effector further includes a clamp arm configured to selectively pivot toward and away from the ultrasonic blade, wherein the sensor is positioned on the clamp arm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13449837', '14086085', '15715738', '14928375', '14553329']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6535108102361629
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5106041607518474
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6392201452877313
- Mean Citation Score: 278.013318
- Max Citation Score: 284.9178
- Similarity Product: 202.21624690504075

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