PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968819
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A cartridge for a surgical stapler has an elongated body having a first side with a tissue clamping interface and a second side. The elongated body is configured to removably house a plurality of B-form staples, at least one of the plurality of B-form staples having a base and a leg. The elongated body has a first slot shaped to receive a translating cutting mechanism, the first slot passing through the first side and the second side. The elongated body has a second slot shaped to house at least a first one of the plurality of staples; and a third slot shaped to house at least a second one of the plurality of staples at an angle oblique to the first one of the plurality of staples.

Claim (Index 7):
The cartridge of  claim 8 , wherein:\n the elongated body is coupled to a support jaw, the elongated body and the support jaw having an envelope diameter; the envelope diameter is 5.6 mm or less; and at least the first one of the plurality of staples has a leg length of 3.42 mm or greater.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73469
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15148744', '11410346', '15077454', '14300807', '14933892']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9600202516565424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.500742060740925
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9140924325649804
- Mean Citation Score: 365.479164
- Max Citation Score: 505.67114
- Similarity Product: 337.7150717923045

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

Dataset: test