PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16172537
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["600", "188000"]

Abstract:
A tracheal intubation system including a laryngoscope is disclosed. An endotracheal tube exchange system is also disclosed. In some examples, the system includes a laryngoscope, a stylet, and an endotracheal tube. In some examples the stylet is an articulating stylet. An endotracheal tube with one or more depth-assessment bands is also disclosed. An articulating stylet with one or more depth-assessment bands and an orientation mark is also disclosed. A method of positioning an endotracheal tube in a patient is also disclosed. A method of positioning a stylet for placement of an endotracheal tube is also disclosed. A method of performing an endotracheal tube exchange procedure is also disclosed.

Claim (Index 33):
A method of positioning an endotracheal tube in a patient, comprising:\n inserting a laryngoscope in a mouth of the patient; mounting the endotracheal tube on a stylet having a tip configured to articulate in more than one direction and at least one depth assessment band on an exterior surface of the stylet, the at least one depth assessment band being visually distinct from an adjacent portion of the stylet; inserting the stylet into an airway of the patient; monitoring, using the laryngoscope, a position of the at least one depth assessment band relative to a glottis of the patient; modifying a depth that the stylet is inserted into the airway of the patient until the at least one depth assessment band indicates that the stylet is positioned at an appropriate depth in the patient based at least in part on; and sliding the endotracheal tube along the stylet and into a trachea of the patient.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.85714
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14493663', '12698467', '14538686', '12764804', '14891137']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5302254746508555
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6747393556286188
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5446768627486318
- Mean Citation Score: 481.790466
- Max Citation Score: 780.4798
- Similarity Product: 663.0199164832234

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

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