PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16294091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "060000"]

Abstract:
An optical connector system for reversible optical connection between two optical fibers ( 102, 104 ) with their end parts inside respective ferrules. A receptacle arrangement has a receiving body ( 105 ) for receiving at least one of the ferrules ( 103 ). An optical element ( 106 ) of the receptacle arrangement serves to provide optical connection between the two optical fibers in a connected state of the optical connector system, and at the same time, the optical element ( 106 ) serves as a sterility barrier between the two optical fibers. The optical element ( 106 ) can be an optical waveguide, e.g. a piece of optical fiber similar to the two optical fibers ( 102, 104 ), and arranged within the receiving body ( 105 ). Alternatively, the optical element may be a thin flexible membrane ( 207, 307 ) which is optically transparent. As a further alternative, the optical element may be a sterilizing fluid ( 409 ) arranged in side a container that can be punctured upon insertion of one of the ferrules ( 401, 403 ) into the container ( 408 ), to allow an optical fiber end to be sterilized by the fluid ( 409 ) prior to entering into the connected state. In a further embodiment, an optical lens ( 312 ) is used to project light from one fiber end through a membrane ( 307 ) to the opposite fiber end.

Claim (Index 17):
Medical optical system according to  claim 15 , wherein the optical element comprises an optically transparent membrane.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50962
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15125998', '15571542', '12541444', '10505702', '13279644']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8196456055044301
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5325436803837303
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7909354129923601
- Mean Citation Score: 230.38366800000003
- Max Citation Score: 352.33743
- Similarity Product: 243.31204084658324

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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