PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15944320
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["340", "012500"]

Abstract:
A wireless foot control apparatus allows an operator to control multiple medical devices during an endoscopic medical procedure. The apparatus comprises a control console with controls designed for foot operation to control various medical devices. The controls include one or more foot pedals and foot switches to control the devices, including a selection switch to allow selection of the device to be controlled at a particular time. The console transmits signals over a wireless medium, to cause a remote receiver unit to select the device to be controlled and to control the selected device over a wired medium, in response to operation of the foot controls. The console may include a rechargeable battery, which may be sealed within the console's housing and charged inductively when the console is placed in a charging station. The receiver unit and the charging station can be separate units or integrated within a single housing.

Claim (Index 7):
The foot-operated control console system as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the receiver unit receives a selection signal based on operation of the selection control and the plurality of control signals via the wireless medium, and to control the medical device in response to the selection signal and the plurality of control signals.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03797
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618861', '14688188', '10607810', '11025652', '11263083']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7220127778461438
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5152139233142619
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7013328923929556
- Mean Citation Score: 249.75666800000005
- Max Citation Score: 284.68808
- Similarity Product: 215.4092614158725

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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