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 1):
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; and an electrically insulating sheath partially covering the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft, the electrically insulating sheath having a recess formed therein, a portion of the distal end of the electrically conductive shaft being exposed through the recess to define an application surface for applying electrical current to a patient's tissue, wherein the application surface consists of an upper and forward surface of the shaft, further wherein the upper surface of the application surface has first and second laterally opposed sides, each of the laterally opposed sides being totally covered by the electrically insulating sheath thereby leaving only the upper and forward surfaces free and exposed.

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): 0.8301637596083075
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4590440258629492
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7930517862337716
- Mean Citation Score: 246.13585000000003
- Max Citation Score: 250.93596
- Similarity Product: 220.3485809970188

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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