PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937516
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "001000"]

Abstract:
Certain aspects relate to a handle mechanism that permits control of linear motion of a shaft secured within the handle via two different interfaces for actuating the linear motion. In some aspects, a rotational interface can allow for fine control linear positioning of the shaft, for example by allowing a user to rotate the rotational interface to extend or retract the shaft. In some aspects, a plunging interface can enable a faster linear motion, for example by implementing a biasing mechanism that releases to drive rapid linear motion.

Claim (Index 15):
A handle configured to drive movement of an instrument, the handle extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end of the handle and comprising:\n a casing having an inner surface defining an internal volume; a proximal handle member configured to couple to a channel extending beyond the distal end of the handle to the instrument; an actuation sleeve; a rotational motion transmitting interface coupling the proximal handle member to the actuation sleeve and configured to translate rotational motion of the actuation sleeve into linear motion of the proximal handle member along the longitudinal axis of the handle; and a plunging mechanism configured to drive distal movement of the proximal handle member along the longitudinal axis, the plunging mechanism comprising a biasing element positioned to compress and expand along the longitudinal axis during movement of the actuation sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93878
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14240023', '11259936', '12592767', '11900417', '12031030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8496774425321951
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4517617105774934
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.809885869336725
- Mean Citation Score: 211.763898
- Max Citation Score: 218.07011
- Similarity Product: 178.15825651025116

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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