PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15899720
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["601", "002000"]

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus comprises an instrument body, an end effector, and a control module. The end effector is in communication with the handle assembly. The end effector is operable for use in a surgical procedure. The control module is in communication with the end effector. The end effector with the control module is able to deliver surgical energy as well as nerve excitation energy to a surgical site. A surgeon may detect stimulation of nervous tissue by visually observing the tissue twitch, and may adjust surgical technique accordingly. A sensor may be used to detect excitation of nervous tissue based on excitation caused by the nerve excitation energy.

Claim (Index 34):
A surgical instrument, comprising:\n (a) an end effector including an ultrasonic blade configured to deliver an ultrasonic energy to a surgical site, wherein the end effector is configured to deliver a nerve excitation energy to a nerve tissue at the surgical site; (b) a sensor positioned on the end effector and configured to detect a biological response in the nerve tissue from the nerve excitation energy; and (c) a control module operatively connected to the ultrasonic blade and the sensor, wherein the control module is configured to selectively activate the ultrasonic blade to deliver the ultrasonic energy to the surgical site, wherein the control module is configured to further activate the end effector to deliver the nerve excitation energy to the nerve tissue thereby generating the biological response in the nerve tissue to the nerve excitation energy, and wherein the control module is further configured to receive the detected biological response of the nerve tissue from the sensor and modify the delivery of ultrasonic energy to the surgical site based on the biological response.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10714
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13449837', '14086085', '15715738', '14928375', '14553329']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6274244304487437
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.500551884783302
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6147371758821997
- Mean Citation Score: 278.013318
- Max Citation Score: 284.9178
- Similarity Product: 234.9128140148878

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

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