PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16374030
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "027000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a novel surgical device scalable to small dimensions for thermally-mediated treatments or thermoplasties of targeted tissue volumes. An exemplary embodiment is adapted for fusing, sealing or welding tissue. The instruments and techniques utilize a thermal energy delivery means, for example an electrical energy source, to instantly elevate the temperature of a biocompatible fluid media within an electrically insulated instrument portion. The altered media which may then be a gas is characterized by a (i) a high heat content, and (ii) a high exit velocity from the working end, both of which characteristics are controlled to hydrate tissue and at the same time denature proteins to fuse, seal, weld or cause any other thermally-mediated treatment of an engaged tissue volume—while causing limited collateral thermal damage and while totally eliminating electrical current flow the engaged tissue volume. The system can further utilize a piezoelectric material that carried fluid channels to apply compressive forces to the fluid eject the fluid from the working end of make it require less electrical energy to convert it to a gas.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1  wherein the delivering step comprises delivering vapor to target tissue for 5-20 seconds.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60331
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12258145', '12465927', '10830372', '15446591', '14216601']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.848094764130781
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5204994230773391
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8153352300254368
- Mean Citation Score: 330.7633140000001
- Max Citation Score: 374.42358
- Similarity Product: 361.74799745346667

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

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