PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16352246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "162000"]

Abstract:
This application presents to an endoscope having a compact distal tip, and to a method for constructing same. In some embodiments one or more optical and sensing elements are mounted directly on an internal surface of a lumen within an external housing, which housing comprises an outer wall of the endoscope tip. Space saved by eliminating intervening containing elements can be used to enhance endoscope performance and/or reduce endoscope size.

Claim (Index 20):
An endoscope tip comprising:\n a housing including a cylindrically shaped cavity and a lens mounting portion, the lens mounting portion defining a first lumen, said first lumen comprising a wall having an internal surface and an surface, said internal surface comprising an obstructive feature configured as a projection to narrow the diameter of the lens mounting portion and said surface comprising an outer wall of said endoscope tip; wherein said cavity\n comprises a wall having an internal surface and an surface, and \n is configured as a proximal extension of the first lumen such that the surface of the wall of the cavity is coextensive with the surface of the wall of the first lumen; and \n a prism is mounted to the internal surface of the wall of the cavity; \n an optical assembly including a first component, a final component and a plurality of intermediate components, said components comprising at least one light-transmissive element and at least one spacer in direct contact with the internal surface of the wall of the lens mounting portion, wherein said final component abuts the obstructive feature of the lens mounting portion and prevents proximal movement of the components, wherein said first component is affixed to said internal surface of said lens mounting portion and said plurality of intermediate components are positioned serially within said lens mounting portion by said first and final components; and at least a second lumen.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.31579
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12230745', '12769292', '14072861', '13921994', '11089520']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.415806420491702
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5271751513113039
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4269432935736622
- Mean Citation Score: 224.32221400000003
- Max Citation Score: 361.05212
- Similarity Product: 329.8287553158427

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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