PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16386692
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "563000"]

Abstract:
An improved flexible endoscopic instrument to precisely and efficiently obtains samples of flat polyps and multiple polyps from a patient by debriding one or more polyps and retrieving the debrided polyps without having to alternate between using a separate cutting tool and a separate sample retrieving tool and may be used with an endoscope. In one aspect, the cutting tool is coupled to a flexible torque coil or torque rope that is configured to transfer rotational energy from a powered actuator through the length of the endoscope onto the cutting tool.

Claim (Index 6):
The endoscopic instrument of  claim 1 , further comprising:\n an irrigation channel having a first portion defined between an outer wall of the flexible torque component and an inner wall of the flexible outer tubing and configured to carry irrigation fluid to the aspiration channel; a lavage connector including an irrigation entry port; and a tubular member coupled to the lavage connector and the flexible outer tubing, an inner wall of the tubular member and the outer wall of the flexible torque component defining a second portion of the irrigation channel that is fluidly coupled to the first portion of the irrigation channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56667
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14537362', '14280202', '14961425', '14501957', '14501932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5662074957356185
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6272919080240753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5723159369644643
- Mean Citation Score: 557.4576900000002
- Max Citation Score: 581.0509999999998
- Similarity Product: 574.1545325808523

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

Dataset: test