PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226031
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["340", "540000"]

Abstract:
Systems, devices, and methods for fluid management in an endoscopic procedure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fluid management device may comprise a pair of electrodes and a controller connected to the pair of electrodes. In at least some embodiments, the controller may be configured to receive signals from the pair of electrodes and determine whether a fluid in a fluid reservoir is an ionic fluid or a non-ionic fluid based on signals received from the pair of electrodes. In at least some additional embodiments, the controller may be further configured to automatically set a fluid deficit alarm threshold based on the determination of whether the fluid in the fluid reservoir is an ionic fluid or a non-ionic fluid.

Claim (Index 12):
A fluid management system comprising:\n a weight-measuring device; a capacitance sensor; and a controller connected to the capacitance sensor and to the weight-measuring device, the controller configured to:\n receive signals from the capacitance sensor and from the weight-measuring device; \n determine whether a fluid in a fluid reservoir is an ionic fluid or a non-ionic fluid based on signals received from the capacitance sensor indicative of a measured capacitance of the fluid, \n wherein the controller determines that the fluid in the fluid reservoir is an ionic fluid if the measured capacitance is lower than a threshold and the controller determines that the fluid in the fluid reservoir is a non-ionic fluid if the measured capacitance is greater than or equal to the threshold; \n automatically set a fluid loss alarm threshold based on a determination of whether the fluid in the fluid reservoir is an ionic fluid or a non-ionic fluid; \n determine a fluid loss parameter based on signals received from the weight-measuring device; \n compare the fluid loss parameter to the fluid loss alarm threshold; and \n generate an indication the fluid loss parameter has exceeded the fluid loss alarm threshold after determining the fluid loss parameter is greater than the fluid loss alarm threshold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15245940', '14247649', '14962872', '13534908', '14168248']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6287625509776339
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5910313027598592
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6249894261558564
- Mean Citation Score: 252.967254
- Max Citation Score: 466.80106
- Similarity Product: 442.2904663122952

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

Dataset: test