PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897320
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "219000"]

Abstract:
Insufflation is currently considered to be a necessary part of an endoscopic procedure. However, it introduces risks and costs that would be beneficial to eliminate. The endoscopic assistance devices and methods disclosed herein facilitate the performance of endoscopic procedures without insufflation. The devices attach directly or indirectly to the distal end portion of the endoscope. One or more resilient, curved bars extend from the attachment point around an internal void space to form a resilient, curved cage that spreads tissue gently during the advance of the endoscope. The resilient, curved bars define the windows of the cage that enable the visualization of the internal anatomy via a lens on the distal face of the endoscope and the passage of treatment devices from the operative channel of the endoscope.

Claim (Index 2):
The endoscopic assistance device of  claim 1 , wherein one or more selected resilient, curved bars extend fully around the internal void of the cage, uninterrupted, to form an arch, and wherein first and second ends of the selected bar are configured to be attached to an endoscope or to a connecting device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76923
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14099943', '15331858', '13913466', '15332433', '15121216']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5026994827267104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4698932495497309
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4994188594090125
- Mean Citation Score: 193.430834
- Max Citation Score: 205.31036
- Similarity Product: 162.54390721135852

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

Dataset: test