PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996304
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "345000"]

Abstract:
An introducer is provided for introducing a sensor into the body of a patient. The introducer connects to a sensor hub. When the sensor hub and introducer are connected, the introducer needle is exposed. When the sensor hub and introducer are disconnected, a needle cover and the needle move with respect to each other so that the needle cover substantially covers the needle, protecting a user from being injured by the needle.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of covering an introducer needle comprising:\n providing a sensor hub including a sensor and an introducer, the introducer being configured to insert the sensor into a patient, the introducer comprising:\n a housing detachably connectable to the sensor hub, wherein the sensor hub contains the sensor prior to connection to the housing, the housing including a needle cover, wherein the needle cover is an internal compartment of the housing; \n a needle that is moveable with respect to the needle cover and is extendable out of, and retractable into, the housing; \n a needle holder connected to the needle and contained within the housing; and \n a spring having a top end in contact with the needle holder and a bottom end in contact with the housing, \n wherein said needle holder and spring are configured such that, when the housing is connected to the sensor hub, said spring is in a compressed position and the needle extends out of the housing to insert the sensor into the patient, and such that disconnection of the housing from the sensor hub causes said spring to expand, thereby retracting the needle into the housing to be covered by said needle cover inside the housing, and the sensor remaining inserted in the patient; \n wherein the housing includes a mating component to mate with the sensor hub and hold said spring in said compressed position when the housing is connected to the sensor hub; and \n wherein the mating component includes a lock that locks the needle holder into a needle extended position when the housing is connected to the sensor hub, and when the mating component is not mated with the sensor hub the housing is completely detached from the sensor hub; and \n disconnecting the housing from the sensor hub, whereby the needle cover covers the needle when the housing is detached from the sensor hub.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88095
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15057330', '12154935', '14362102', '14002210', '15301186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4355260798357102
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.549389452435798
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4469124170957189
- Mean Citation Score: 281.081792
- Max Citation Score: 411.29102
- Similarity Product: 393.2122704088748

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

Dataset: test