PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15772222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["206", "364000"]

Abstract:
A cover for a probe  12 , such as an ultrasonic probe, the cover comprising a flexible elongate pouch  1  and a mouth portion  2  for inserting the probe  12  into the pouch, the mouth portion  2  comprising sealing means to enable the mouth portion to be formed into sealing engagement with a proximal end  11  of the probe. Also, a method of preventing a decontaminated ultrasonic probe from contamination comprising the step of, immediately after disinfection, inserting the ultrasonic probe  12  into a cover comprising a flexible elongate pouch  1  and a mouth portion  2  for inserting the probe  12  into to pouch, the mouth portion  2  comprising a deformably rigid portion  3 , and deforming the mouth portion  2  into a sealing engagement with a proximal end  11  of the probe, wherein no undisinfected portion of the probe  12  enters the pouch  1.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of preventing a decontaminated ultrasonic probe from contamination comprising the step of, immediately after disinfection, inserting the ultrasonic probe into a cover comprising a flexible elongate pouch and a mouth portion for inserting the probe into to pouch, the mouth portion comprising a deformably rigid portion, and deforming the mouth portion into a sealing engagement with a proximal end of the probe, wherein no undisinfected portion of the probe enters the pouch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.85185
- Patent Class: 206.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15346997', '11675986', '13235522', '14202952', '12925288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7669472925296363
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4594596109416173
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7361985243708344
- Mean Citation Score: 147.12756999999996
- Max Citation Score: 154.53322
- Similarity Product: 118.3639038176775

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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