PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053394
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["606", "034000"]

Abstract:
A surgical device employs a longevity circuit for preventing operation after a specified time based on safe use expectations. The surgical device delivers a therapy signal via a handpiece having electrodes in proximity to the surgical site. The therapy signal is a high frequency electrical signal delivered from a generator coupled to the handpiece, and activated by a control signal. A therapy circuit established by coupling the handpiece and generator delivers the therapy signal, and is monitored for activation based on a time since a first activation, a number of activations, or an aggregate time of activated intervals. A usage limit defines the activation lifespan, and is employed for monitoring either the therapy circuit or the control circuit, to determine a usage history. Following expiration of a safe usage limit, a longevity circuit in the handpiece disables the handpiece for successive uses, and is independent of a connection to a particular generator.

Claim (Index 5):
The medical device of  claim 1  wherein the at least one powered surgical element lead is a pair of powered surgical element leads adapted to connect the powered surgical element to a power source, and\n wherein the deactivation circuit creates a short circuit between the pair of powered surgical element leads connected to the powered surgical element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14682255', '14210741', '14211042', '10965652', '12896467']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7926593042405443
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5323146470795517
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7666248385244451
- Mean Citation Score: 218.22772
- Max Citation Score: 422.76
- Similarity Product: 344.92518362045286

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