PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953289
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["074", "490010"]

Abstract:
Medical instrument ( 60, 160, 260, 360 ) comprising at least one first, second and third joint member ( 71, 72, 73 ), at least two pairs of tendons ( 90, 190, 191, 192 ) connected with the same joint member and adapted to move said third member ( 73 ) with respect to said second member ( 72 ), pulling it; and wherein each of said joint member ( 71, 72, 73 ) comprises a main structural body comprising in a single piece one or more convex contact surfaces ( 40, 80, 86, 140, 180 ), all said convex contact surfaces ( 40, 80, 86, 140, 180 ) defining with their prolongations thereof at least partially a single convex volume for each joint member; and wherein the main portion of each tendon is in contact with said jointed device ( 70, 170, 270 ) only on said convex contact surfaces; and wherein at least two tendons of said at least two pairs of tendons ( 90, 190, 191, 192 ) are in contact with a same convex contact surface.

Claim (Index 1):
A medical instrument for robotic surgery, the medical instrument comprising:\n a frame; a shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the shaft is attached to the frame; a jointed device coupled to the second end of the shaft, the jointed device comprising;\n a first link; \n a second link connected to the first link by a first rotational joint; \n a third link connected to the second link by a second rotational joint; and \n two pairs of tendons extending from the frame, through the shaft, to connect with the joint device; wherein at least one of the two pairs of tendons is attached to the third link and is configured to move the third link with respect to the second link by pulling on the third link, wherein each tendon of the two pairs of tendons comprises;\n a first tendon portion attached to the frame; \n a second tendon portion attached to at least one of the second link or the third link; and \n a main portion, extending between the first tendon portion and the second tendon portion; \n wherein each of the first link and the second link comprises a main structural body with at least one convex, ruled surface, wherein the main structural body of the second link comprises a single piece having a pitch axis of joint movement and a yaw axis of joint movement, and wherein the main portion of each tendon attached to the third link contacts the second link on the convex, ruled surfaces of the second link.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54217
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14071163', '12286644', '12278251', '13027221', '13504477']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8071614645858373
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4608117776941987
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7725264958966734
- Mean Citation Score: 219.55291
- Max Citation Score: 243.56061
- Similarity Product: 177.5318404756951

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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