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 25):
Medical optical system according to  claim 24 , wherein the sponge element has a prefabricated hole arranged for the first ferrule to penetrate through, so as to allow the associated first optical fiber to provide optical connection with the associated second optical fiber, in the connected state.

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): 0.8193757155991986
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5311310034907943
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7905512443883582
- Mean Citation Score: 230.38366800000003
- Max Citation Score: 352.33743
- Similarity Product: 276.1762973586541

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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