PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15959397
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
A sleeve assembly is described for coupling a colonoscope insertion tube to an add-on tube. In some embodiments, the sleeve assembly defines an elongated lumen and comprises an inner sleeve sized to receive an insertion tube of a colonoscope, an outer sleeve encircling the inner sleeve, and one or more add-on tubes positioned between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. In some embodiments, at least the inner sleeve is collapsible to fit tightly over a colonoscope insertion tube received within the inner sleeve. In some embodiments, the inner sleeve is coupled to the outer sleeve at one or more locations along the length of the inner sleeve so that collapsing of the inner sleeve brings the outer sleeve radially closer to the inner sleeve, approximating the one or more add-on tubes to a colonoscope insertion tube received within the inner sleeve.

Claim (Index 11):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising removing said endoscope insertion tube from said sleeve assembly by pulling on a thread which extends along said sleeve assembly and protrudes from a distal or proximal end of said sleeve assembly, to tear open the sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71429
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15108601', '14619845', '15172385', '13725871', '14201371']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4731704769266285
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5389303109364804
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4797464603276137
- Mean Citation Score: 228.142374
- Max Citation Score: 421.26163
- Similarity Product: 293.0220206848324

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

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