PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937516
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "001000"]

Abstract:
Certain aspects relate to a handle mechanism that permits control of linear motion of a shaft secured within the handle via two different interfaces for actuating the linear motion. In some aspects, a rotational interface can allow for fine control linear positioning of the shaft, for example by allowing a user to rotate the rotational interface to extend or retract the shaft. In some aspects, a plunging interface can enable a faster linear motion, for example by implementing a biasing mechanism that releases to drive rapid linear motion.

Claim (Index 1):
A handle configured to drive movement of a bronchoscopy instrument, the handle extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end of the handle and comprising:\n a casing having an inner surface defining an internal volume including a biasing element housing portion; a proximal handle member positioned at least partly within a proximal portion of the internal volume of the casing and including a first helical cam interface, the proximal handle member configured to couple to a proximal end of an elongate channel extending beyond the distal end of the handle with a distal end of the elongate channel coupled to the bronchoscopy instrument; an actuation sleeve positioned at least partly within a distal portion of the internal volume of the casing and including:\n a proximal portion having a second helical cam interface engaging the first helical cam interface, \n a rotation grip extending distally from the proximal portion of the actuation sleeve, and \n a plunger grip formed by a distal surface of the actuation sleeve; and \n a biasing element having a first end secured within the biasing element housing portion of the casing and a second end engaging the proximal portion of the actuation sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93878
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14240023', '11259936', '12592767', '11900417', '12031030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8487791258535375
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4589415424138335
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8097953675095672
- Mean Citation Score: 211.763898
- Max Citation Score: 218.07011
- Similarity Product: 164.9527131402141

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

Dataset: test