PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914358
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "219000"]

Abstract:
A method for resetting a stapling apparatus includes providing an apparatus with a cam member in a fired position. A circuit of the apparatus is then changed from a first polarity state to a second polarity state. A motor of the apparatus is then activated to rotate the cam member from a fired position back to a home position while the circuit is in the second polarity state.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for resetting an apparatus configured for stapling tissue, the apparatus comprising:\n (a) a stapling head assembly, wherein the stapling head assembly comprises:\n (i) an annularly arranged array of staples, and \n (ii) a knife with an annular cutting edge that is configured to cut tissue, \n (b) a shaft assembly coupled to the stapling head assembly; and (c) a body coupled to the shaft assembly, wherein the body comprises:\n (i) a socket, \n (ii) a motor, and \n (iii) a cam member configured to rotate in response to activation of the motor, wherein the cam member is rotatable in a first direction from a home position to a fired position to actuate the stapling head assembly to thereby drive the staples and the knife through tissue, wherein the cam member is further rotatable in the first direction from the fired position to the home position; \n wherein the method comprises: (a) providing an apparatus including the cam member in the fired position, wherein a first battery having a first polarity was positioned in the socket and was used to activate the motor to thereby drive the cam member in the first direction from the home position to the fired position; (b) inserting a second battery in the socket, wherein the second battery has a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; and (c) activating the motor with the second battery to thereby drive the cam member in the first direction from the fired position to the home position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02857
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14751231', '14751277', '14751517', '14751406', '14751506']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8364836734617865
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6482610265943684
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8176614087750447
- Mean Citation Score: 609.33326
- Max Citation Score: 665.4916
- Similarity Product: 637.0642846423149

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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