PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16352586
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["227", "175100"]

Abstract:
An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the end effector including an anvil that includes a first end, a second end, and a face, and a cartridge that is configured to house a plurality of staples and that includes a first end, a second end, and a face, and an engagement element that movably couples the first end of the anvil to the first end of the cartridge, and a knife, the knife having a first flange, a second flange, and a web including a cutting edge, and where the second end of the anvil is movably coupled to the second end of the cartridge, each of the anvil and the cartridge is insertable through a trocar, and the end effector is remotely operable from outside the patient.

Claim (Index 30):
An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the end effector comprising:\n an anvil that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a face, the anvil including a first alignment portion positioned on the proximal end and a second alignment portion positioned on the distal end of the anvil; a cartridge that is configured to house a plurality of staples and that includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a face, the cartridge including a third alignment portion positioned on the proximal end and a fourth alignment portion positioned on the distal end of the cartridge, wherein the first alignment portion cooperates with the third alignment portion and the second alignment portion cooperates with the fourth alignment portion such that the anvil and cartridge maintain lateral alignment; a knife, the knife having a first flange, a second flange, and a cutting edge; a first slot, the first slot being defined at least partially by the face of the anvil, wherein the first slot is configured to slidably receive the cutting edge of the knife during movement of the knife; and a second slot, the second slot being defined at least partially by the face of the cartridge, wherein the second slot is configured to slidably receive the cutting edge of the knife during movement of the knife; and wherein the proximal end of the anvil is movable coupled to the proximal end of the cartridge and, the distal end of the anvil is movably coupled to the distal end of the cartridge, each of the anvil and the cartridge is insertable through a trocar, and the end effector is remotely operable from outside the patient with at least a portion of one of the anvil and the cartridge being movable toward the other to clamp the end effector and to transect the anatomical structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.96491
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15920196', '15921000', '15129385', '15129366', '15633399']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8444198627421994
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5257033253046883
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8125482089984483
- Mean Citation Score: 443.0270780000001
- Max Citation Score: 472.08017
- Similarity Product: 430.14174582665567

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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