PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15969619
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["134", "018000"]

Abstract:
An instrument reprocessor for cleaning, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing a medical instrument is disclosed. To reprocess instruments having one or more channels defined therein, the reprocessor can include one or more flow control systems configured to control a flow of fluid through each channel. In various embodiments, a flow control system can include a differential pressure sensor and a proportional valve for controlling the fluid flow in a channel. The reprocessor can also include, one, a fluid circulation pump which can be configured to supply the flow control systems with fluid and, two, a system for controlling the pressure of the fluid supplied to the flow control systems. The reprocessor can also include a system for supplying a metered amount of fluid to the fluid circulation system. The system can include a reservoir having a fluid height sensor to monitor the amount of fluid therein and a pump configured to supply the reservoir with fluid.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:\n operating a positive-displacement dispensing pump to deliver the reprocessing fluid to the fluid circulation system if the quantity of reprocessing fluid in the supply reservoir is equal to or more than the predetermined amount; and detecting a change in the quantity of reprocessing fluid in the reprocessing fluid reservoir after reprocessing fluid has been dispensed from the reprocessing fluid reservoir.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58462
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14533789', '15449235', '10115847', '11317540', '15384548']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.834735040714277
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5567798521129111
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8069395218541403
- Mean Citation Score: 270.63141
- Max Citation Score: 457.8277
- Similarity Product: 331.0527296148419

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

Dataset: test