PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885487
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["600", "139000"]

Abstract:
An endoscopic imaging system includes a reusable control cabinet having a number of actuators that control the orientation of a lightweight endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope is used with a single patient and is then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor and an elongate shaft having one or more lumens located therein. A polymeric articulation joint at the distal end of the endoscope allows the distal end to be oriented by the control cabinet. The endoscope is coated with a hydrophilic coating that reduces its coefficient of friction and because it is lightweight, requires less force to advance it to a desired location within a patient.

Claim (Index 6):
The articulation joint of  claim 5 , wherein the holes have a flared shape with a first width on a side of the annular ring opposite a convex cam and a width that expands to form the slot as the hole extends through the convex cam.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65278
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14092505', '10811781', '13341191', '12561989', '13302555']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6879880568623105
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5169930513669435
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6708885563127738
- Mean Citation Score: 345.56758
- Max Citation Score: 354.3827
- Similarity Product: 187.8238347580672

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