PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16066055
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "140000"]

Abstract:
An elastic band ligation device for the treatment of haemorrhoids, comprising an inner tube ( 60 ), a deployer ( 40 ), and a grasper ( 26 ), the grasper including at least two gripping arms ( 23 ) and slidably mounted within the inner tube ( 60 ) to open and close the gripping arms. In a closed position, retaining a haemorrhoid, the gripping arms are within the body, and the deployer is positioned to release one of a plurality of ligation bands ( 50 ). The grasper handle ( 31 ) and the deployer trigger ( 62 ) are operable by a single hand. Preferably the device is disposable and the deployer includes a ratchet so that it may only be moved forward towards the bands. In an alternative device (FIGS.  12 - 13 ), the body ( 20, 120 ) is moved to close the gripping arms.

Claim (Index 1):
An elastic band ligation device adapted for one handed operation, the device including:\n a grasper including at least two gripping arms slidably located within a tube wherein movement of the grasper out of inner tube causes the gripping arms to open and movement of the grasper into the tube causes the gripping arms to close; a handle and a manually operable member moveably coupled to the handle, the handle and manually operable member being operable with one hand for positioning the grasper relative to the haemorrhoid and slidably moving the grasper relative to the tube for closing the gripping arms to retain the haemorrhoid and drawing the gripping arms and the haemorrhoid into the tube; a plurality of bands located at an end of the tube and a deployment mechanism operable by consecutive movements with the same hand for consecutively advancing a band deployment member incrementally relative to the tube for deploying consecutive bands from the end of the tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04938
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13239531', '11458177', '14190891', '13536548', '13779576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7646282338044621
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4652086429648654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7346862747205025
- Mean Citation Score: 147.93515399999995
- Max Citation Score: 192.83139
- Similarity Product: 138.61044594022928

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

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