PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023558
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["227", "020000"]

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 8):
A surgical stapling system, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n a first jaw; \n a staple cartridge supported in said first jaw, wherein said staple cartridge comprises:\n a deck; \n staple cavities defined in said deck; \n staples removably stored within said staple cavities; and \n a motor-powered firing member configured to move between an unfired position and a fired position, wherein said motor-powered firing member moves toward said fired position during a firing stroke, wherein said firing stroke deploys said staples from said staple cavities; \n \n a second jaw configured to deform said staples when said staples are deployed from said staple cavities; \n a clamping system configured to position said end effector in a clamped configuration; a sensor configured to change from an open state to a clamped state when said end effector is in said clamped configuration; a firing actuator; a control circuit electrically coupled to said sensor, wherein said control circuit provides said firing stroke to said motor-powered firing member if said control circuit identifies that said sensor is in said clamped state and said firing actuator is actuated, and wherein said control circuit does not provide said firing stroke to said motor-powered firing member if said control circuit identifies that said sensor is in said open state; and a remote user-controlled console.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16020610', '14830202', '13791909', '14312808', '13037515']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9639791188209696
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4996379723533339
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.917545004174206
- Mean Citation Score: 447.9868320000001
- Max Citation Score: 481.34802
- Similarity Product: 366.18937737727407

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