PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16066055
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "140000"]

Abstract:
An elastic band ligation device for the treatment of haemorrhoids, comprising an inner tube ( 60 ), a deployer ( 40 ), and a grasper ( 26 ), the grasper including at least two gripping arms ( 23 ) and slidably mounted within the inner tube ( 60 ) to open and close the gripping arms. In a closed position, retaining a haemorrhoid, the gripping arms are within the body, and the deployer is positioned to release one of a plurality of ligation bands ( 50 ). The grasper handle ( 31 ) and the deployer trigger ( 62 ) are operable by a single hand. Preferably the device is disposable and the deployer includes a ratchet so that it may only be moved forward towards the bands. In an alternative device (FIGS.  12 - 13 ), the body ( 20, 120 ) is moved to close the gripping arms.

Claim (Index 9):
The device of  claim 1 , wherein the gripping arms interact with an inner surface of the tube in order to close the gripping arms, the gripping arms being resiliently biased open.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04938
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13239531', '11458177', '14190891', '13536548', '13779576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7624562161178505
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4770132787768794
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7339119223837535
- Mean Citation Score: 147.93515399999995
- Max Citation Score: 192.83139
- Similarity Product: 122.19363388214886

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test