PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030477
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "038000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to an advance in the delivery of laser beams to internal surgical sites using optical fibers with a novel distal tip design made using a fusion assembly procedure suitable for directing laser beams out of the side of an optical fiber. This side-fire fiber delivery tip assembly is fabricated by fusing a transparent tube onto the distal ends of a laser beam delivery fiber and an associated coaxial stub fiber that have beveled and parallel end faces that meet inside of the transparent tube. The result is a rugged fiber delivery tip assembly that is almost entirely solid, except for a very narrow gap between the beveled end surfaces of the two fibers. A loose fitting transparent capsule is placed over this fiber tip to contain a transparent perfluorocarbon lubricating oil or a perfluorocarbon heat-transfer agent that serves as a cooling agent for the fiber tip assembly.

Claim (Index 4):
The side-fire fiber optical tip assembly as described in  claim 3  in which the SiO 2  concentration in the said short transparent tube is equal to or exceeds the SiO 2  concentration in the outer surfaces of the said laser beam delivery fiber and the said short stub fiber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76136
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15338420', '15382611', '14020289', '14578739', '14958057']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8377680113970849
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5838854789150941
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8123797581488859
- Mean Citation Score: 308.0308720000001
- Max Citation Score: 507.79843
- Similarity Product: 423.0924952261793

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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