PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "145000"]

Abstract:
A surgical suturing instrument includes a handle assembly, a shaft extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector. The end effector includes a body portion coupled to the shaft, a first jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion, and a second jaw member pivotably coupled to the body portion. The first jaw member is rotatable about a longitudinal axis defined by the body portion and defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle. The second jaw member defines a hole configured for detachable receipt of a curved needle such that the first and second jaw members transfer a curved needle therebetween upon rotation of the first jaw member about the longitudinal axis of the body portion toward the second jaw member.

Claim (Index 7):
The surgical instrument according to  claim 6 , further comprising an actuation bar operably coupled to the handle assembly and configured to translate within the body portion in response to an actuation of the handle assembly, wherein the outer shaft defines a cam slot having a portion of the actuation bar received therein such that translation of the actuation bar rotates the outer shaft and the first jaw member relative to the inner shaft and the second jaw member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54717
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15471117', '14624886', '13461378', '14604385', '15182047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7622440585841858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5072806034841648
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7367477130741836
- Mean Citation Score: 339.191078
- Max Citation Score: 354.7557
- Similarity Product: 255.8506528542996

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