PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16269660
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "052000"]

Abstract:
A bipolar electrosurgical instrument includes first and second shafts each having a jaw member extending from its distal end. Each jaw member is adapted to connect to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the jaw members are capable of selectively conducting energy through tissue held therebetween. A knife channel is configured to reciprocate a cutting mechanism therealong. An actuator selectively advances the cutting mechanism. A switch is disposed on the first shaft and is configured to be depressed between a first position and at least one subsequent position upon biasing engagement with a mechanical interface disposed on the second shaft. The first position of the switch relays information to the user corresponding to a desired pressure on tissue and the at least one subsequent position is configured to activate the source of electrosurgical energy to supply electrosurgical energy to the jaw members.

Claim (Index 30):
The electrosurgical forceps according to  claim 28 , further comprising a switch actuatable via approximation of the first and second shafts to control delivery of electrosurgical energy to the jaw members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93506
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15791552', '15018985', '14795246', '13415471', '15089778']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.76768770750933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5201722518369799
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.742936161942095
- Mean Citation Score: 407.640184
- Max Citation Score: 436.31934
- Similarity Product: 374.3967040799403

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

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