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 25):
A method of accessing a target tissue site of a patient with an instrument, the method comprising:\n actuating a first motion transmitting interface of a delivery handle coupled to the instrument, wherein actuating the first motion transmitting interface causes a distal end of the instrument to advance through a working channel of a bronchoscope inserted at least partly into the patient; determining that the distal end of the instrument is positioned within the target tissue site; and actuating a second motion transmitting interface of the delivery handle, wherein actuating the second motion transmitting interface causes extension and retraction of the distal end of the instrument, by at least:\n applying a pressure to a portion of the delivery handle to:\n compress a biasing element of the second motion transmitting interface, and \n drive retracting motion of the instrument to withdraw the distal end of the instrument from the tissue site, and \n \n releasing at least some of the pressure from the portion of the delivery handle to allow expansion of the second motion transmitting interface, wherein the expansion of the biasing element drives the distal end of the instrument into the tissue site.

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): 0.8476434819202763
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.467991735374177
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8096783072656664
- Mean Citation Score: 211.763898
- Max Citation Score: 218.07011
- Similarity Product: 148.35104156804204

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

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