PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023558
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["227", "020000"]

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 2):
A surgical stapling system, comprising:\n an end effector configurable in an open configuration and a clamped configuration, comprising:\n a frame; \n a staple cartridge supported by said frame, wherein said staple cartridge comprises:\n a deck; \n staple cavities defined in said deck; \n staples removably stored within said staple cavities; and \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 wherein said firing motion deploys said staples from said staple cartridge; and \n \n an anvil configured to deform said staples; \n a sensor configured to produce a signal corresponding to the position of said anvil; a clamping system configured to place said end effector in said clamped configuration; an electric motor configured to generate rotary motion; a rotatable drive screw drivable by said electric motor, wherein said drive screw is threadably engaged with said firing member such that said rotary motion of said electric motor is converted to said firing motion of said firing member; a control system in operable communication with said sensor and said electric motor, wherein said control system is configured to evaluate said signal produced by said sensor to determine the configuration of said end effector, wherein said control system allows said electric motor to provide said firing motion to said firing member if said control system determines that said end effector is in said clamped configuration, and wherein said control system does not allow said electric motor to provide said firing motion to said firing member if said control system determines that said end effector is in said open configuration; and a remote user-controlled console electrically coupled to said control system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16020610', '14830202', '13791909', '14312808', '13037515']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9635242694442044
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5070338749861234
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9178752299983964
- Mean Citation Score: 447.9868320000001
- Max Citation Score: 481.34802
- Similarity Product: 408.0639641706061

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