PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976332
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector comprising an elongate channel, a clamping member pivotably connected to the channel, and a moveable cutting instrument for traversing the channel to cut an object clamped in the end effector by the clamping member when the clamping member is in a clamped position. The instrument may also comprise a main drive shaft assembly for actuating the cutting instrument in the end effector, a gear drive train connected to the main drive shaft assembly, and a motor for actuating the gear drive train. The instrument may also includes a closure trigger and a firing trigger, separate from the closure trigger, for actuating the motor when the firing trigger is retracted. Also, the instrument may comprise a mechanical closure system connected to the closure trigger and to the clamping member for causing the clamping member to pivot to the clamped position when the closure trigger is retracted.

Claim (Index 23):
A stapling assembly, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n a cartridge channel; \n a clamping member, wherein said clamping member is pivotably connected to said cartridge channel and is movable relative to said cartridge channel between an open position and a clamped position; and \n a replaceable staple cartridge positioned within said cartridge channel, wherein said replaceable staple cartridge comprises:\n a plurality of staple cavities; and \n a plurality of staples positioned within said staple cavities; \n \n a drive screw; a firing member, comprising:\n a knife; \n a first projection configured to engage said cartridge channel; \n a second projection configured to engage said clamping member; and \n a bearing threadably engaged with said drive screw, wherein said bearing extends distally relative to said knife, and wherein said drive screw is configured to drive said firing member distally during a staple firing stroke; and \n a wedge sled configured to drive said staples from said staple cavities during said staple firing stroke.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.93333
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15692785', '15976359', '15093028', '15094206', '15140178']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.962742677246292
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4715274843305678
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9136211579547198
- Mean Citation Score: 349.687182
- Max Citation Score: 391.71625
- Similarity Product: 313.22663538098334

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

Dataset: test