PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917212
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "157000"]

Abstract:
An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall.

Claim (Index 14):
An endoscope sheath comprising:\n a. a proximal end, b. a distal end including:\n i. two or more positioning features that include a first set of the positioning features configured to provide an axial end stop for an endoscope and a second set of the positioning features configured to provide alignment of the endoscope, the first and the second sets of the positioning features being non-aligned with each other with respect to an axial direction and a rotational direction around the axis of the endoscope, and \n c. a tube including an inner surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the two or more positioning features are provided at the distal end of the inner surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83929
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14496473', '14493700', '10899209', '14551208', '14551440']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4971827356069537
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5202224508396728
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4994867071302257
- Mean Citation Score: 277.99615200000005
- Max Citation Score: 362.3355
- Similarity Product: 301.9382303590179

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

Dataset: test