PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023558
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["227", "020000"]

Abstract:
A process and system are disclosed for downloading sensor data, stored in a memory device of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument, to an external or remote computer device. The process may involve storing data from one or more sensors of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument in a memory device of a control unit of the surgical cutting and fastening instrument during a surgical procedure involving the surgical cutting and fastening instrument. Next, after the surgical procedure, a data link between the control unit and the remote computer device is established. Then, the sensor data can be downloaded from the control unit to the remote computer device.

Claim (Index 13):
A surgical stapling system, comprising:\n an end effector configurable in an open configuration and a clamped configuration, comprising:\n a frame; \n a staple cartridge supported by said frame, wherein said staple cartridge comprises:\n a deck; \n staple cavities defined in said deck; \n staples removably stored within said staple cavities; and \n a firing member movable between a proximal position and a distal position, wherein said firing member moves toward said distal position in response to a firing motion, wherein said firing motion deploys said staples from said staple cartridge; and \n \n an anvil configured to deform said staples; \n a sensor responsive to the configuration of said end effector; a closure system configured to place said end effector in said clamped configuration; a rotatable input drivable by a motorized system, wherein said rotatable input is operably engaged with said firing member such that rotary motion of said motorized system is converted to said firing motion of said firing member; a control system in operable communication with said sensor and said motorized system, wherein said control system is configured to assess said sensor to identify the configuration of said end effector, wherein said control system allows said motorized system to provide said firing motion to said firing member if said control system determines that said end effector is in said clamped configuration, and wherein said control system does not allow said motorized system to provide said firing motion to said firing member if said control system determines that said end effector is in said open configuration; and a remote user-controlled console electrically coupled to said control system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16020610', '14830202', '13791909', '14312808', '13037515']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.963638825018713
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5051797647048009
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9177929189873216
- Mean Citation Score: 447.9868320000001
- Max Citation Score: 481.34802
- Similarity Product: 397.5651062939072

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

Dataset: test