PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16152706
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["181", "131000"]

Abstract:
A first embodiment comprises a stethoscope with a body; a diaphragm; and an integral annular axially compliant suspension. The annular axially compliant suspension is located below the diaphragm and inside an inner perimeter of the body. Optionally, an axially compliant reticulated foam pressure pad is located within the annular suspension, and the diaphragm is a very thin foil, preferably made from copper, to provide antimicrobial properties. In a second embodiment, a stethoscope with a body and a diaphragm having a flexible enclosure containing an incompressible liquid suspended in the stethoscope body and a reticulated foam pressure pad below the diaphragm and within the body is disclosed. Optionally, the diaphragm has a cap over a top end of the suspended flexible enclosure, preferably made from copper to provide antimicrobial properties.

Claim (Index 26):
The stethoscope of  claim 25  wherein the cap is comprised of copper.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34426
- Patent Class: 181.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13640039', '10567556', '12038142', '14155757', '11220168']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6326684543900787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5034188146421265
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6197434904152834
- Mean Citation Score: 170.52278
- Max Citation Score: 180.57259
- Similarity Product: 104.10714761881827

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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