PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling including providing an end effector having a first jaw with an anvil, a second jaw with a cartridge retaining a plurality of staples, a first coupling that couples a first end of the first jaw to a first end of the second jaw, a second coupling including a rigid link that movably couples a second end of the first jaw to a second end of the second jaw, and a knife; inserting the end effector through a trocar; positioning the cartridge face; positioning the anvil face; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the first jaw is urged towards the second jaw; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge; and actuating the knife.

Claim (Index 28):
A method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an end effector comprising;\n (a) a first jaw having a first end, a second end, an anvil having an anvil face, and a first channel; \n (b) a second jaw having a first end, a second end, a cartridge having a cartridge face, and a second channel; \n (c) a first coupling that couples the first end of the first jaw to the first end of the second jaw; \n (d) a second coupling that movably couples the second end of the first jaw to the second end of the second jaw, wherein the second coupling includes a rigid link; and \n (e) an I-shaped blade, the I-shaped blade comprising;\n (i) a blade portion having a cutting edge; \n (ii) at least one upper lateral arm, wherein the at least one upper lateral arm is slidably positioned in the first channel; and \n (iii) at least one lower lateral arm, wherein the at least one lower lateral arm is slidably positioned in the second channel; \n \n inserting the end effector through a trocar to access the anatomical structure; positioning the cartridge face on the first side of the anatomical structure; positioning the anvil face on the second side of the anatomical structure; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the anvil is urged towards the cartridge to clamp the end effector on the anatomical structure; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge to staple the anatomical structure; and actuating the I-shaped blade to cut the anatomical structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13971022', '14206713', '13967449', '13971006', '13967716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9382306883628552
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5507054242631079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8994781619528804
- Mean Citation Score: 386.848678
- Max Citation Score: 399.1128
- Similarity Product: 328.8012441530228

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

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