PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023523
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A process and system are disclosed for downloading sensor data, stored in a memory device of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument, to an external or remote computer device. The process may involve storing data from one or more sensors of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument in a memory device of a control unit of the surgical cutting and fastening instrument during a surgical procedure involving the surgical cutting and fastening instrument. Next, after the surgical procedure, a data link between the control unit and the remote computer device is established. Then, the sensor data can be downloaded from the control unit to the remote computer device.

Claim (Index 5):
A surgical cutting and fastening system, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n a jaw; \n an anvil comprising staple forming features, wherein said anvil is selectively movable relative to said jaw between an open position and a clamped position, wherein said anvil moves toward said clamped position in response to a clamping motion; \n a firing member movable between an unfired position and a fired position, wherein said firing member moves toward said fired position in response to a firing stroke; and \n a staple cartridge removably positioned in said jaw, wherein said staple cartridge comprises staples configured to be deployed from said staple cartridge in response to said firing stroke; \n a shaft assembly, comprising:\n a longitudinal axis; and \n an articulation joint, wherein said end effector is rotatable relative to said longitudinal axis about said articulation joint; \n a motorized system; a housing comprising a gear arrangement operably coupled to said motorized system, wherein said gear arrangement is configured to transmit said clamping motion to said anvil and said firing stroke to said firing member, and wherein said clamping motion and said firing stroke are separate and distinct; and a control system, comprising:\n a viewing screen; \n an input interface controllable by the clinician; \n a processor; and \n a memory, wherein said control system is in a remote location relative to said motorized system, and wherein said control system is configured such that said firing stroke cannot be initiated until said anvil has been clamped.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14312808', '13310107', '14830202', '12236277', '13021121']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9698068335157638
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5047562195130143
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9233017721154888
- Mean Citation Score: 464.696016
- Max Citation Score: 484.43243
- Similarity Product: 403.56429575280913

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test