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 21):
A stapling assembly, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n a cartridge channel; \n an anvil, wherein said anvil is pivotably connected to said cartridge channel and is movable relative to said cartridge channel between an open position and a closed position; \n a replaceable staple cartridge positionable within said cartridge channel, wherein said replaceable staple cartridge comprises:\n staple cavities; and \n staples positioned within said staple cavities; \n \n a drive screw; \n a firing member, comprising:\n a knife; \n a first cam member configured to engage said cartridge channel; \n a second cam member configured to engage said anvil; and \n a bearing, wherein said bearing is supported by said drive screw and extends distally relative to said first cam member and said second cam member, and wherein said drive screw is configured to drive said firing member distally during a firing stroke; and \n \n a wedge sled configured to drive said staples from said staple cavities as said firing member moves distally during said 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): 0.9626858867578886
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4719371834967105
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9136110164317708
- Mean Citation Score: 349.687182
- Max Citation Score: 391.71625
- Similarity Product: 323.69044017322364

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