PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160967
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
The active electrode assembly for an electrosurgical device includes an electrically conductive shaft having opposed proximal and distal ends, the proximal end being adapted for connection to a conventional electrosurgical device. An electrically insulating sheath partially covers the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft. The electrically insulating sheath has a cut-out portion or recess formed therein, such that a portion of the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft is exposed therethrough. The exposed portion of the distal end defines an application surface for applying electrical current to the patient's tissue. The area surrounding the application surface remains covered by the electrically insulating sheath, thus providing electrically insulating protection for both the patient and the surgeon.

Claim (Index 5):
An active electrode assembly for an electrosurgical device, comprising:\n an electrically conductive shaft having opposed proximal and distal ends, the proximal end being adapted for connection to an electrosurgical device; a curved application member secured to, and in electrical communication with, the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft; and an electrically insulating sheath at least partially covering the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft, the curved application member having a curved portion raised above and extending over a portion of the electrically insulating sheath, the curved portion being adapted for applying electrical current to a patient's tissue.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93846
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11859297', '10057412', '12031771', '12566946', '13485135']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8292365099095167
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4664596616650041
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7929588250850654
- Mean Citation Score: 246.13585000000003
- Max Citation Score: 250.93596
- Similarity Product: 200.43853396026853

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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