PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972166
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "051000"]

Abstract:
A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween.

Claim (Index 38):
An endoscopic forceps, comprising:\n a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion and defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector assembly disposed at the distal portion of the shaft and including a first jaw member and a second jaw member, at least one of the first or second jaw members movable relative to the other jaw member between a clamping position wherein the first and second jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween and an open position wherein the first and second jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another; a drive rod having a proximal portion and a distal portion and configured to translate along the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the distal portion of the drive rod operably coupled to at least one of the first or second jaw member; and an adjustable resilient member operably coupled to the drive rod and configured to provide a closure force between the first and second jaw members when the first and second jaw members are in the clamping position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94545
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13357979', '14635124', '15194171', '14035423', '12792330']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8063926872072547
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5622629271960682
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.781979711206136
- Mean Citation Score: 468.4503
- Max Citation Score: 481.7541
- Similarity Product: 466.49288252198687

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

Dataset: test