PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16125549
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["600", "109000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fully integrated sterilizable one time use disposable tissue visualization device and methods for using such devices. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate the visualization of an internal tissue site while causing a minimum of damage to the surrounding tissue. Further preferred embodiments may allow for the delivery of fluids and other treatment to an internal tissue site.

Claim (Index 1):
A sterilized, integrated, one time use disposable visualization needle, comprising:\n an elongate tubular needle, extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end affixed to a handpiece and a distal end having a sharpened tip; an elongate optical element extending through the needle, the elongate optical element comprising a proximal end and a distal end; wherein the elongate optical element comprises:\n a first segment comprising a first deflection in a first direction, \n a second segment comprising a second deflection in a second direction, and \n a third segment comprising a third deflection in the first direction; and \n wherein the first deflection, the second deflection, and the third deflection are configured to bias the distal end of the elongate optical element against the sharpened tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15187583', '15258968', '14596093', '14308167', '10955245']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5941259312195715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5403833794071476
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5887516760383291
- Mean Citation Score: 312.675336
- Max Citation Score: 352.4923
- Similarity Product: 311.097248272264

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

Dataset: test