PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "157000"]

Abstract:
An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall.

Claim (Index 22):
The endoscope sheath of  claim 21 , wherein the first set of positioning features are crimps that are formed from material that is cut and folded inwards so that the first set of positioning features are directed towards an opposing wall of the endoscope sheath and/or an opposing crimp.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83929
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14496473', '14493700', '10899209', '14551208', '14551440']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5285262069028551
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5241726810713891
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5280908543197085
- Mean Citation Score: 277.99615200000005
- Max Citation Score: 362.3355
- Similarity Product: 221.08228065580133

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

Dataset: test