PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16066055
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "140000"]

Abstract:
An elastic band ligation device for the treatment of haemorrhoids, comprising an inner tube ( 60 ), a deployer ( 40 ), and a grasper ( 26 ), the grasper including at least two gripping arms ( 23 ) and slidably mounted within the inner tube ( 60 ) to open and close the gripping arms. In a closed position, retaining a haemorrhoid, the gripping arms are within the body, and the deployer is positioned to release one of a plurality of ligation bands ( 50 ). The grasper handle ( 31 ) and the deployer trigger ( 62 ) are operable by a single hand. Preferably the device is disposable and the deployer includes a ratchet so that it may only be moved forward towards the bands. In an alternative device (FIGS.  12 - 13 ), the body ( 20, 120 ) is moved to close the gripping arms.

Claim (Index 4):
The device of  claim 1 , wherein the deployment mechanism includes a ratchet drive mechanism wherein movement of the manually operable member relative to the handle causes the ratchet drive mechanism to advance the band deployment member incrementally relative to the tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04938
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13239531', '11458177', '14190891', '13536548', '13779576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.761103900601382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4843384719807656
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7334273577393203
- Mean Citation Score: 147.93515399999995
- Max Citation Score: 192.83139
- Similarity Product: 112.02546917526126

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

Dataset: test