PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16294091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "060000"]

Abstract:
An optical connector system for reversible optical connection between two optical fibers ( 102, 104 ) with their end parts inside respective ferrules. A receptacle arrangement has a receiving body ( 105 ) for receiving at least one of the ferrules ( 103 ). An optical element ( 106 ) of the receptacle arrangement serves to provide optical connection between the two optical fibers in a connected state of the optical connector system, and at the same time, the optical element ( 106 ) serves as a sterility barrier between the two optical fibers. The optical element ( 106 ) can be an optical waveguide, e.g. a piece of optical fiber similar to the two optical fibers ( 102, 104 ), and arranged within the receiving body ( 105 ). Alternatively, the optical element may be a thin flexible membrane ( 207, 307 ) which is optically transparent. As a further alternative, the optical element may be a sterilizing fluid ( 409 ) arranged in side a container that can be punctured upon insertion of one of the ferrules ( 401, 403 ) into the container ( 408 ), to allow an optical fiber end to be sterilized by the fluid ( 409 ) prior to entering into the connected state. In a further embodiment, an optical lens ( 312 ) is used to project light from one fiber end through a membrane ( 307 ) to the opposite fiber end.

Claim (Index 24):
Medical optical system according to  claim 22 , comprising a sponge element within the container, wherein at least a part of said sterilizing fluid is soaked into the sponge element, and wherein the sponge element is arranged to mechanically clean at least part of the associated first optical fiber during insertion of the first ferrule into the container.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50962
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15125998', '15571542', '12541444', '10505702', '13279644']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8007639744113157
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5271633367387464
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7734039106440588
- Mean Citation Score: 230.38366800000003
- Max Citation Score: 352.33743
- Similarity Product: 315.17608564558265

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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