PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "043000"]

Abstract:
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, side-loading electrical connectors for use with intravascular devices are provided. The side-loading electrical connector has at least one electrical contact configured to interface with an electrical connector of the intravascular device. A first connection piece of the side-loading electrical connector is movable relative to a second connection piece such that in an open position an elongated opening is formed between the first and second connection pieces to facilitate side-loading of the intravascular device into the connector and in the closed position the at least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the at least one electrical connector of the intravascular device received between the first and second connection pieces and a communication cable extends from the connector in a direction coaxial with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the intravascular device.

Claim (Index 1):
An intravascular system, comprising:\n an intravascular device having\n a flexible elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, \n at least one electronic component secured to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, and \n at least one electrical connector secured to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member, wherein the at least one electrical connector is electrically coupled to the at least one electronic component secured to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member; and \n a connector for coupling to the proximal portion of the flexible elongate member, the connector having\n a first connection piece including a recess, \n a second connection piece including an opening, wherein the second connection piece is translatable relative to the first connection piece between an open position and a closed position, \n at least one electrical contact configured to interface with the at least one electrical connector of the intravascular device, and\n wherein in the open position, the recess of the first connection piece is positioned over the opening of the second connection piece to form a pathway to facilitate insertion of the at least one electrical connector of the intravascular device between the first and second connection pieces in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the intravascular device, and\n wherein in the closed position the at least one electrical contact is electrically coupled to the at least one electrical connector of the intravascular device received between the first and second connection pieces and a communication cable extends from the connector in a direction coaxial with or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the intravascular device when the intravascular device is received between the first and second connection pieces.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15942
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13930636', '15250549', '15418415', '14513025', '15694947']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7853623814488666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5176474250503611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7585908858090161
- Mean Citation Score: 304.3862640000001
- Max Citation Score: 353.50516
- Similarity Product: 291.37430430123806

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

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