PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156175
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["600", "141000"]

Abstract:
An articulating mechanism for use in a medical device, such as an endoscope or a catheter, includes a series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other. Each link includes a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link. Pull-wires provide tension and hold the staked links together while also allowing for controlled bending of the distal portion by movement of one or more of the pull-wires.

Claim (Index 16):
An articulation mechanism for use in a medical device, comprising:\n a first articulation section, the first articulation section includes a first series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other, each link including a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link; a second articulation section, the second articulation section includes a second series of stacked links disposed adjacent to one another and movable with respect to each other, each link including a front face tapered to a pair of pivot points and a rear face defining a wedge shaped recess for receiving the pivot points of the adjacent link, the wedge shaped recesses of the first articulation section radially offset from the wedge shaped recesses of the second articulation section; and at least one pull-wire for providing tension to the articulation mechanism and holding the adjacent links together.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.50769
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14834717', '12121345', '13901936', '15585303', '13442524']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5622279737207933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.546805718545228
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5606857482032367
- Mean Citation Score: 381.015976
- Max Citation Score: 431.01123
- Similarity Product: 389.7287367165417

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