PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16247265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["600", "561000"]

Abstract:
A system for accessing a patient's uterine cavity and detecting perforations in the uterus includes an elongated probe having a flow channel extending to a terminal outlet in a distal region of the probe. A fluid source is coupled to the flow channel, and a seal on the probe is positionable in an endocervical canal. The probe may be trans-cervically inserted into the uterine cavity, and a fluid may be introduced through the channel to flow outwardly from the terminal outlet into the uterine cavity. A parameter of said fluid flow is monitored to detect a perforation in the uterus.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for detecting perforations in a uterus, comprising:\n providing a probe assembly including a deployable energy applicator at a distal end thereof, said deployable energy applicator having a contracted state and an expanded state, wherein the contracted shape is configured for trans-cervical introduction and the expanded shape has a triangular form with an exterior surface configured for positioning proximate walls of a uterine cavity; and trans-cervically inserting the probe assembly into the uterine cavity; delivering a fluid flow through a plurality of flow pathways having outlets along a length of the energy applicator including an outlet in a distal tip of the energy applicator; and monitoring a parameter of said fluid flow to detect a perforation in the uterus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94545
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15418635', '12616343', '13945244', '13442449', '12616318']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5656050327982974
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5801681929510799
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5670613488135756
- Mean Citation Score: 400.009068
- Max Citation Score: 518.59454
- Similarity Product: 454.1028210223294

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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