PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15860763
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "004000"]

Abstract:
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, a plurality of actuation controls of the handle, a housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end, and an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle and the housing tube. An actuation of an actuation control of the plurality of actuation controls may gradually curve the housing tube. A gradual curving of the housing tube may gradually curve the optic fiber. An actuation of an actuation control of the plurality of actuation controls may gradually straighten the housing tube. A gradual straightening of the housing tube may gradually straighten the optic fiber.

Claim (Index 1):
A laser probe comprising:\n a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end; an actuation mechanism guide of the handle; an actuation mechanism having an actuation mechanism distal end and an actuation mechanism proximal end wherein the actuation mechanism is at least partially disposed in the actuation mechanism guide and wherein the actuation mechanism is configured to actuate in the actuation mechanism guide; an actuation control guide of the handle having an actuation control guide distal end and an actuation control guide proximal end; an actuation control of the actuation mechanism having an actuation control distal end and an actuation control proximal end wherein the actuation control is disposed in the actuation control guide; a single housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end wherein the housing tube is at least partially disposed in the handle; a first housing tube portion of the housing tube having a first stiffness; a plurality of apertures of the first housing tube portion wherein at least two apertures of the plurality of apertures are configured to separate at least one solid portion of the housing tube; a second housing tube portion of the housing tube having a second stiffness wherein the second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness; and an optic fiber having an optic fiber distal end and an optic fiber proximal end wherein the optic fiber is disposed in the actuation mechanism, the actuation mechanism guide, and the housing tube wherein the optic fiber distal end is adjacent to the housing tube distal end and wherein an actuation of the actuation control in a first direction is configured to curve the housing tube and the optic fiber by compressing the first housing tube portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.43243
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13939250', '15678730', '13938635', '13940303', '15857984']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7981894536384917
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4852354186062422
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7668940501352668
- Mean Citation Score: 303.85410399999995
- Max Citation Score: 315.67355
- Similarity Product: 301.56857862876063

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

Dataset: test