PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969619
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["134", "018000"]

Abstract:
An instrument reprocessor for cleaning, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing a medical instrument is disclosed. To reprocess instruments having one or more channels defined therein, the reprocessor can include one or more flow control systems configured to control a flow of fluid through each channel. In various embodiments, a flow control system can include a differential pressure sensor and a proportional valve for controlling the fluid flow in a channel. The reprocessor can also include, one, a fluid circulation pump which can be configured to supply the flow control systems with fluid and, two, a system for controlling the pressure of the fluid supplied to the flow control systems. The reprocessor can also include a system for supplying a metered amount of fluid to the fluid circulation system. The system can include a reservoir having a fluid height sensor to monitor the amount of fluid therein and a pump configured to supply the reservoir with fluid.

Claim (Index 11):
The instrument reprocessor of  claim 10 , wherein the pressure differential sensor is positioned downstream with respect to the gauge pressure sensor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58462
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14533789', '15449235', '10115847', '11317540', '15384548']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8481535057148666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5685633781132816
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8201944929547081
- Mean Citation Score: 270.63141
- Max Citation Score: 457.8277
- Similarity Product: 397.40941175606247

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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