PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944320
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["340", "012500"]

Abstract:
A wireless foot control apparatus allows an operator to control multiple medical devices during an endoscopic medical procedure. The apparatus comprises a control console with controls designed for foot operation to control various medical devices. The controls include one or more foot pedals and foot switches to control the devices, including a selection switch to allow selection of the device to be controlled at a particular time. The console transmits signals over a wireless medium, to cause a remote receiver unit to select the device to be controlled and to control the selected device over a wired medium, in response to operation of the foot controls. The console may include a rechargeable battery, which may be sealed within the console's housing and charged inductively when the console is placed in a charging station. The receiver unit and the charging station can be separate units or integrated within a single housing.

Claim (Index 12):
The foot-operated control console system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of controls includes a foot pedal and a foot switch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03797
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618861', '14688188', '10607810', '11025652', '11263083']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7233262254236602
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.506093255861989
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7016029284674931
- Mean Citation Score: 249.75666800000005
- Max Citation Score: 284.68808
- Similarity Product: 253.7452410731077

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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