PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16105018
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["348", "076000"]

Abstract:
A high-frequency transmission of data between functional units, which are mounted rotatably with respect to each other, of an endoscope, is permitted in which the functional units can be electrically insulated from each other. For this, an electric connecting element which, in a central flexible portion, is rolled up transversely with respect to the direction of transmission and is fastened by its respective end portions to the functional units is provided. An uninterrupted electrical connection with consistent quality of the signal transmission can therefore be obtained even when the functional units are rotated in relation to each other. By the rolling up of the central portion to form a winding, which is preferably configured in a self-supporting manner, a long term stable rotary degree of freedom is created in a very simple manner for the connecting element, with this degree of freedom permitting complex mechanical adjustment functions in the endoscope.

Claim (Index 10):
The endoscope ( 1 ) as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the central flexible portion ( 4 ) in each case contacts the two rigid portions ( 5 ,  6 ) in a direction of the winding ( 7 ), transversely with respect to the axis of rotation ( 8 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87356
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15253399', '15608627', '14457501', '10713466', '14723101']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6540707747868182
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738603208991447
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6360497293980508
- Mean Citation Score: 129.795117
- Max Citation Score: 137.74115
- Similarity Product: 93.76067230025532

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