PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976359
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector comprising an elongate channel, a clamping member pivotably connected to the channel, and a moveable cutting instrument for traversing the channel to cut an object clamped in the end effector by the clamping member when the clamping member is in a clamped position. The instrument may also comprise a main drive shaft assembly for actuating the cutting instrument in the end effector, a gear drive train connected to the main drive shaft assembly, and a motor for actuating the gear drive train. The instrument may also includes a closure trigger and a firing trigger, separate from the closure trigger, for actuating the motor when the firing trigger is retracted. Also, the instrument may comprise a mechanical closure system connected to the closure trigger and to the clamping member for causing the clamping member to pivot to the clamped position when the closure trigger is retracted.

Claim (Index 21):
A surgical instrument system, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n an anvil moveable between an open position and a closed position; and \n a cartridge channel configured to receive a staple cartridge; \n an elongate shaft comprising a longitudinal shaft axis; a motor-powered closure member moveable between a first position and a second position during a closure stroke, wherein said motor-powered closure member couples said anvil and said cartridge channel during said closure stroke; and a motor-powered firing system, comprising:\n a first flange configured to engage said anvil during a firing stroke; \n a second flange configured to engage said cartridge channel during said firing stroke, wherein said first and second flanges couple said anvil and said cartridge channel during said firing stroke, and wherein said closure member and said firing system are separately actuatable; and \n a rotatable drive screw operable to transmit said firing stroke.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.93333
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15692785', '15976332', '15094206', '15093028', '11344024']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9790766132284838
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4834383711829698
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9295127890239324
- Mean Citation Score: 363.458102
- Max Citation Score: 428.67972
- Similarity Product: 346.7861093162298

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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