PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023523
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A process and system are disclosed for downloading sensor data, stored in a memory device of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument, to an external or remote computer device. The process may involve storing data from one or more sensors of a surgical cutting and fastening instrument in a memory device of a control unit of the surgical cutting and fastening instrument during a surgical procedure involving the surgical cutting and fastening instrument. Next, after the surgical procedure, a data link between the control unit and the remote computer device is established. Then, the sensor data can be downloaded from the control unit to the remote computer device.

Claim (Index 8):
A surgical system, comprising:\n an end effector, comprising:\n a jaw; \n an anvil comprising staple forming features, wherein said anvil is selectively movable relative to said jaw between an open position and a closed position, wherein said anvil moves toward said closed position in response to a closure motion; \n a firing member movable between a starting position and an ending position, wherein said firing member moves toward said ending position in response to a firing motion; and \n a staple cartridge removably positioned in said jaw, wherein said staple cartridge comprises staples configured to be deployed from said staple cartridge in response to said firing motion; \n an elongate shaft, comprising:\n a longitudinal axis; and \n an articulation joint, wherein said end effector is rotatable relative to said longitudinal axis about said articulation joint; \n a motor drive system configured to transmit said closure motion to said anvil and said firing motion to said firing member, and wherein said closure motion and said firing motion are separate and distinct motions; and an actuation console, comprising:\n a viewing screen; and \n an input interface controllable by the clinician, wherein said actuation console is in operable communication with said motor drive system, and wherein said motor drive system cannot be operated to perform said firing motion until said closure motion has positioned said anvil in said closed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14312808', '13310107', '14830202', '12236277', '13021121']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9697635584129104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5056006215370707
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9233472647253264
- Mean Citation Score: 464.696016
- Max Citation Score: 484.43243
- Similarity Product: 408.244319966556

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

Dataset: test