PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126731
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "219000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of providing an end effector, the end effector comprising a first jaw having an anvil, a second jaw having a cartridge housing a plurality of staples, providing a buttress, the buttress comprising a first buttress member and a second buttress member, attaching the first buttress member to the anvil, attaching the second buttress member to the cartridge, deploying the plurality of staples, and cutting the first buttress member and the second buttress member.

Claim (Index 28):
A method of stapling an anatomical structure of a patient during a minimally invasive procedure, the anatomical structure having a first side and a second side, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an end effector, the end effector comprising;\n (a) a first jaw having a first end, a second end, an anvil having an anvil face, and a first channel; \n (b) a second jaw having a first end, a second end, a cartridge having a cartridge face, a plurality of staples, and a second channel; \n (c) a first coupling that couples the first end of the first jaw to the first end of the second jaw; \n (d) a second coupling that couples the second end of the first jaw to the second end of the second jaw; and \n (e) an I-shaped blade, the I-shaped blade comprising;\n (i) a blade portion having a cutting edge; \n (ii) at least one upper lateral arm, wherein the at least one upper lateral arm is slidably positioned in the first channel; and \n (iii) at least one lower lateral arm, wherein the at least one lower lateral arm is slidably positioned in the second channel; \n \n providing a buttress, the buttress being a planar section of material; attaching the buttress to the anvil face or the cartridge face; positioning the end effector proximate the anatomical structure; deploying the plurality of staples to puncture the buttress; coupling the buttress to the anatomical structure with the plurality of staples; and cutting the buttress.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16126647', '16126604', '15147942', '14926072', '14926029']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8433746248145317
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5831985729266874
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8173570196257474
- Mean Citation Score: 449.794954
- Max Citation Score: 540.3427
- Similarity Product: 491.5900967509866

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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