PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16159796
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A compound sheath comprising: an endoscopic channel arranged for accepting an elongated endoscopic imaging device; a parallel use channel arranged for accepting a catheter-based tool, and a multi-channel hub that couples to the proximal end of the parallel use channel comprising: a rinse port that couples to a fluid reservoir device that injects fluid; a withdrawal port that couples to a vacuum forming device that removes fluid; a tool port for passing a catheter-based tool; wherein the multi-channel hub establishes a fluid channel for fluid communication between the parallel use channel and the rinse port or the withdrawal port, and a mechanical channel for passing therethrough a catheter-based tool between the parallel use channel and the tool port such that fluid from the rinse port or the withdrawal port and the catheter-based tool of the tool port are simultaneously passing all along the parallel use channel.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for operating a multi-channel hub of an endoscope, comprising:\n inserting an elongated endoscopic imaging device into an endoscopic channel of the multi-channel hub having a parallel use channel; establishing fluid communication between the parallel use channel and at least one of: a rinse port, and a withdrawal port of the multi-channel hub; performing a first procedural act using the established fluid communication between the parallel use channel and at least one of: rinse port and withdrawal port; establishing a mechanical channel for passing therethrough a catheter-based tool between the parallel use channel and a tool port of the multi-channel hub; and performing a second procedural act using the catheter-based tool passed along the established mechanical channel between the parallel use channel and the tool port; wherein the first procedural act and the second procedural act are performed simultaneously.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81818
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15353865', '13836519', '13297766', '13330950', '13654401']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.454675992329881
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5627004818151013
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4654784412784031
- Mean Citation Score: 246.667726
- Max Citation Score: 458.7848
- Similarity Product: 364.7854703107834

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