PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16192428
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["600", "104000"]

Abstract:
An improved system for attaching devices to the distal end of endoscopic instruments is described. An attachment adapter comprises a distal stop, such as a complete or partial loop or cylinder, which limits the penetration of an endoscope into the adapter. The adapter has at least one flange protruding proximally along the endoscope. The adapter is secured on the endoscope by a securing means, which compresses the flange or flanges sufficiently to provide a friction fit. The flexibility of the inventive adapter system allows the adapter to work reliably with endoscopes that are used, damaged or repaired. The adapter may further provide a slit or window allowing viewing of the vessel wall by a lens on an endoscope, thereby improving the operator's ability to understand the location of the endoscope during operation. The adapter may carry any of a variety of devices, including devices for closing a surgical incision, or treating or manipulating tissue. Improvements are described in a number of areas to allow more flexible pairing of particular endoscopes or endoscopic instruments with devices to be carried on their exteriors, while maintaining a tightly locked position of the external device on the carrier.

Claim (Index 56):
The system of  claim 44 , wherein the flange and the pusher are C-shaped in the cross-section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81897
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09776431', '11589995', '13327988', '10438607', '15958351']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4956532021156303
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4977582425113948
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4958637061552067
- Mean Citation Score: 179.728354
- Max Citation Score: 182.23491
- Similarity Product: 99.95351305556775

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

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