PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972168
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "037000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a forceps having an end effector assembly including first and second jaw members. At least one of the jaw members is movable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. Each jaw member includes an electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surface adapted to connect to a source of energy to treat tissue grasped between the jaw members. A suction system is disposed proximate the first and second jaw members and is configured to apply suction to a surgical site upon activation thereof.

Claim (Index 20):
The forceps according to  claim 16 , further comprising an actuator disposed on the first elongated shaft and operably coupled to the tube, the actuator slidable from an unactuated position to an actuated position to slide the distal tube segment from the retracted position to the deployed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14522058', '12882304', '11640683', '11513979', '13223521']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8728939766915187
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5477871660243555
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8403832956248023
- Mean Citation Score: 313.330598
- Max Citation Score: 396.7814
- Similarity Product: 312.026843392992

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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