PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "145000"]

Abstract:
A surgical suturing instrument includes a handle assembly, a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector. The end effector includes a body portion coupled to the shaft, a first jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion, and a second jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion. The first jaw member is rotatable about a longitudinal axis defined by the body portion and defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle. The second jaw member defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle such that the first and second jaw members transfer a curved needle therebetween upon rotation of the first jaw member about the longitudinal axis of the body portion toward the second jaw member.

Claim (Index 5):
The surgical instrument according to  claim 3 , wherein the body portion of the end effector defines a first longitudinally-extending slot and a second longitudinally-extending slot, wherein when the first and second jaw members are in the second configuration the first jaw member extends through the first slot and the second jaw member extends through the second slot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54717
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471117', '14624886', '13461378', '14604385', '15182047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7830300522928121
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5092792784166909
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7556549749052
- Mean Citation Score: 339.191078
- Max Citation Score: 354.7557
- Similarity Product: 263.7988797873616

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

Dataset: test