PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16078449
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
According to the present invention, there is provided a clip cartridge in which a clip having a structure enabling a user to easily perform a series of procedures can be easily and reliably mounted on a treatment instrument body. A clip cartridge ( 200 ) according to the present invention includes an inner case ( 30 ) that has a first accommodation region ( 32 ) for accommodating a clip ( 110 ), and an outer case ( 40 ) that has an elongated insertion hole ( 43 ) into which a treatment instrument body ( 90 ) is inserted, and a second accommodation region ( 42 ) which accommodates the inner case ( 30 ) so as to be movable. The treatment instrument body ( 90 ) is inserted into the insertion hole ( 43 ), and an operation wire is pressed forward so that a distal connection portion and a diameter enlargement portion of the sleeve protrude from the sheath to a distal side and enter the second accommodation region ( 42 ), and so that a diameter enlargement portion is elastically enlarged in diameter. The operation wire is further pressed so as to bring a distal connection portion and the clip ( 110 ) into a mutually connected state. The operation wire is pulled so that the inner case ( 30 ) moves backward relative to the outer case ( 40 ) so as to press the sleeve backward, thereby drawing the diameter enlargement portion into the sheath while reducing the diameter enlargement portion in diameter.

Claim (Index 1):
A clip cartridge system comprising:\n an elongated treatment instrument body, and a clip cartridge used for connecting a clip, which includes a clip body having a plurality of arms for gripping a living body tissue and a locking portion disposed on a proximal side of the arms, to the treatment instrument body, wherein the treatment instrument body has an elongated sheath, an operation wire which is inserted into the sheath so as to be movable forward and backward and in which a distal connection portion is disposed in a distally located portion, a cylindrical sleeve which is capable of being accommodated inside the sheath and which accommodates the distal connection portion, and a transmission portion which transmits a forward movement force and a backward movement force from the operation wire to the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a diameter enlargement portion which is elastically self-openable, and a cylindrical sleeve body which is disposed on a proximally located side from the diameter enlargement portion and whose radial rigidity is higher than that of the diameter enlargement portion, wherein the clip cartridge comprises: an inner case that has a first accommodation region for accommodating the clip; and an outer case that has an elongated insertion hole into which the treatment instrument body is inserted, and a second accommodation region which communicates with a distal end of the insertion hole and which accommodates the inner case so as to be movable to a distal side and a proximal side, wherein in a state where the treatment instrument body is inserted into the insertion hole, the operation wire is pressed forward so that the distal connection portion and the diameter enlargement portion of the sleeve protrude from the sheath to a distal side and enter a region between the inner case in the second accommodation region and the insertion hole, and so that the diameter enlargement portion is elastically enlarged in diameter, wherein the operation wire is further pressed forward so that the distal connection portion moves forward relative to the sleeve, thereby causing the distal connection portion to protrude from the sleeve to the distal side and bringing the distal connection portion and the locking portion into a mutually connected state, and wherein the operation wire is pulled to a proximal side in the mutually connected state so that the inner case moves backward relative to the outer case inside the second accommodation region and the inner case presses the sleeve backward, thereby drawing the diameter enlargement portion into the sheath while reducing the diameter enlargement portion in diameter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.72727
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15559641', '12774396', '14751814', '11062210', '15491576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7617597346682795
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5264291222993033
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7382266734313819
- Mean Citation Score: 254.499662
- Max Citation Score: 402.27722
- Similarity Product: 367.7853597247983

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

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