PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15932830
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["623", "014110"]

Abstract:
A voice prosthesis to be mounted in a fistula between trachea and esophagus includes an outer cannula and a removable, disposable inner cannula. Both outer and inner cannula are tubular shaped with the inner cannula fitting inside the outer cannula. The inner cannula element with a through passage and a valve mechanism controlling the connection through said passage. A coupling mechanism is provided on the proximal end of the inner cannula to provide easy, releasable attachment of the inner cannula to the outer cannula. The inner cannula is inexpensively constructed and is dimensionally compatible with the outer cannula.

Claim (Index 9):
The voice prosthesis of  claim 4 , wherein when the inner cannula surface abuts against the reduced diameter portion, a gas seal is formed, the gas seal capable of preventing a leakage of gas from the voice prosthesis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94444
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10487614', '15262657', '13844237', '13446657', '13776194']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7532370951000694
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4710426375339209
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7250176493434546
- Mean Citation Score: 135.23885
- Max Citation Score: 144.28267
- Similarity Product: 90.64201027470232

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

Dataset: test