PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15885105
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["600", "114000"]

Abstract:
Various flexible windows and methods of use are provided herein that can be integrated with devices configured to image target tissue from a body cavity. In an exemplary embodiment, an imaging sleeve is provided with an elongate shaft having distal and proximal ends. The elongate shaft is configured to receive at least a portion of an imaging device therein, and an engagement member is disposed on the proximal end and configured to engage with the imaging device. A flexible window is disposed adjacent to the distal end and is configured to form to the imaging device to minimize distortion of light collected by the imaging device through the flexible window.

Claim (Index 23):
An imaging system, comprising:\n a disposable introducer having distal and proximal ends and at least a viewing lumen, a working lumen, and first and second fluid lumens extending therebetween, the introducer having an engagement member positioned on the proximal end thereof, the viewing lumen having a flexible window sealing only a distal end thereof such that distal ends of the working lumen and first and second fluid lumens are open to an external environment adjacent to the distal end of the introducer, the flexible window being configured to allow non-distorted imaging therethrough, the working lumen being configured to allow a surgical instrument to pass therethrough from the proximal end of the introducer to extend distally beyond the distal end of the introducer; and a reusable imaging device including a handle and an elongate imaging member extending distally from and integral with the handle, the elongate imaging member being configured to be inserted into the viewing lumen of the introducer and the imaging device being configured to obtain images from a distal end thereof, the handle being configured to engage with the engagement member of the imaging sleeve, wherein the flexible window and the elongate imaging member are configured to engage flush with one another to enable non-distorted imaging through the flexible window, and wherein a fluid seal is formed between the viewing lumen and the imaging device such that the imaging device is fluidly separated from fluid within the introducer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8125
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13924835', '14424277', '11277323', '11775477', '12482049']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5124642202778986
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.481716970405682
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.509389495290677
- Mean Citation Score: 220.824324
- Max Citation Score: 226.29803
- Similarity Product: 161.79058175560596

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

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