PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914358
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "219000"]

Abstract:
A method for resetting a stapling apparatus includes providing an apparatus with a cam member in a fired position. A circuit of the apparatus is then changed from a first polarity state to a second polarity state. A motor of the apparatus is then activated to rotate the cam member from a fired position back to a home position while the circuit is in the second polarity state.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for resetting an apparatus configured for stapling tissue, the apparatus comprising:\n (a) a stapling head assembly, wherein the stapling head assembly comprises:\n (i) an annularly arranged array of staples, and \n (ii) a knife with an annular cutting edge that is configured to cut tissue; \n (b) a shaft assembly coupled to the stapling head assembly; (c) a body coupled to the shaft assembly, wherein the body comprises:\n (i) a motor, and \n (ii) a cam member configured to rotate in response to activation of the motor, wherein the cam member is rotatable in a first direction from a home position to a fired position to actuate the stapling head assembly to thereby drive the staples and the knife through tissue; \n (d) a circuit in electrical communication with the motor; wherein the method comprises: (a) providing an apparatus including the cam member in the fired position; (b) changing the polarity of the circuit; and (c) activating the motor such that the cam member rotates from the fired position to the home position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02857
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14751231', '14751277', '14751517', '14751406', '14751506']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.836399940617568
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6486402862930556
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8176239751851166
- Mean Citation Score: 609.33326
- Max Citation Score: 665.4916
- Similarity Product: 638.2779968563556

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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