PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16251774
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["374", "158000"]

Abstract:
A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip.

Claim (Index 32):
A method, comprising:\n providing a first probe cover; disposing a body of a second probe cover at least partly within a body of the first probe cover; and packaging the first and second probe covers such that the body of the second probe cover remains disposed at least partly within the body of the first probe cover while the first and second probe covers are packaged, wherein the first probe cover is substantially identical to the second probe cover, and the body of the first probe cover comprises: a distal end; a proximal end; a longitudinal axis extending substantially centrally through the body; a flange disposed at the proximal end and including a camming surface, the camming surface being angularly offset relative to the longitudinal axis, and extending radially inwardly toward the longitudinal axis; and a weakened section formed by a wall of the body distal to and radially inward of the camming surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75
- Patent Class: 374.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15784791', '14511986', '13196700', '12420926', '13423814']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7453855776786582
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5694006121322722
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7277870811240197
- Mean Citation Score: 403.174406
- Max Citation Score: 493.54858
- Similarity Product: 326.02772246327044

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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